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The Syllable Ru for Rui wa Tomo Soga no Irodori: Actors Sawamura Tosshô II, Iwai Kumesaburô III, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Bandô Hikosaburô V, Nakamura Fukusuke I, and Ôtani Tomomatsu I, from the series Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary (Seisho nanatsu iroha)
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864),
Publisher Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
1856 (Ansei 3), 6th month