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The Syllable Na for Summer Festival (Natsumatsuri): Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Danshichi Kurobei and Kataoka Gadô II as Issun Tokubei, 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 Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
1856 (Ansei 3), 6th month