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Acts I, II, and III: Actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Kô no Moronao, Nakamura Fukusuke I as En'ya Hangan, Onoe Baikô 4.5 as Momonoi Wakasanosuke (R), Onoe Kikugorô IV as Wife (Tsuma) Kaoyo, Onoe Baikô 4.5 as Momonoi Wakasanosuke, Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Kakogawa Honzô (C), Nakamura Fukusuke I as Hayano Kanpei, Nakamura Kansuke I as Sagisaka Bannai, and Onoe Kikugorô IV as Koshimoto Okaru (L), from the series Twelve Continuous Acts of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura jûnidan tsuzuki)
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864),
Publisher Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 5th month