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The actors Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (top/left), Nakamura Shikan IV (bottom/left), Seki Sanjūrō III (center), Iwai Kumesaburō III (top/right) and Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I (bottom/right) playing the roles of Benten Kozō Kikunosuke, Nangō Rikimaru, Nippon Daemon, Akaboshi Jūzaburō and Tadanobu Rihei in an illustrated playbill for the kabuki drama "Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishikie", which was staged in March 1862 at the Ichimura-za.

Description and image taken from Kabuki21.com who authorizes use of images for non-commercial purposes.

This is a woodblock print illustration originally created in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, in 1862, long before the advent of copyright law. Please see also Bridgeman_Art_Library_v._Corel_Corp..

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