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The Origins of Sacred Dance at the Heavenly Cave (Iwato kagura no hajimari): Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Seki Sanjūrō III, Ichimura Uzaemon XII, Ichikawa Kuzō II (R); Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII, Sawamura Chōjūrō V, Ichikawa Ebizō V (C); Iwai Kumesaburō III, Ichikawa Ebijūrō IV, Arashi Kichisaburō III, and Bandō Hikosaburō IV (L)
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864),
Publisher Tsutaya Kichizō (Kōeidō) (Japanese)
1850 (Kaei 3), 3rd month