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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Otake (above), Ichikawa Sadanji I as Marubashi Chûya, and Nakamura Arajirô I as Police Officer (Torite) Tsujibei (below), from the series Actors and Comedy, Comparisons of Hits (Haiyû rakugo atari kurabe)
Artist Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900),
Publisher Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese),
Blockcutter Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
1873 (Meiji 6)