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The Syllable Mu for Purple Hood (Murasaki zukin): Actor Sawamura Chôjûrô I as Ume no Yoshibei, with Bandô Shûka 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 Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
1856 (Ansei 3), 6th month