The actors Nakamura Fukusuke II (left print; 1st from left), Ichikawa Fukutarô I (left print; 1st from right), Nakamura Tsuruzô I (middle print) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV (right print) playing the roles of the decchi Hisamatsu, the musume Osome, Matsuya Gen'emon and the bantô Zenroku in the drama "Shinpan Ukina no Yomiuri", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1862 at the Moritaza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actors Nakamura Fukusuke II (1st from left) and Ichikawa Fukutarô I (1st from right) playing the roles of the decchi Hisamatsu, and the musume Osome in the drama "Shinpan Ukina no Yomiuri", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1862 at the Moritaza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Nakamura Tsuruzô I playing the role of Matsuya Gen'emon in the drama "Shinpan Ukina no Yomiuri", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1862 at the Moritaza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV playing the role of the bantô Zenroku in the drama "Shinpan Ukina no Yomiuri", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1862 at the Moritaza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actors Nakamura Tsuruzô I (1st from left) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV (1st from right) playing the roles of Matsuya Gen'emon and the bantô Zenroku in the drama "Shinpan Ukina no Yomiuri", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1862 at the Moritaza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

Illustrations from the ehon banzuke of the drama "Shinpan Ukina no Yomiuri", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1862 at the Moritaza, with Ichikawa Kodanji IV (bantô Zenroku/Nozaki-mura no Kyûsaku), Nakamura Tsuruzô I (Matsuya Gen'emon), Onoe Kikujirô II (the Aburaya goke Okatsu/Kyûsaku's daughter Omitsu), Ichikawa Ichizô III (Yamagaya Seibê), Ichikawa Fukutarô I (Osome), Nakamura Tsurusuke IV (Aburaya Tasaburô), Arashi Hinasuke VI (Aburaya Taemon), Bandô Mitsugorô VI (the geisha Oito), Azuma Ichinojô I (Osome's aunt Otsune), Nakamura Ganpachi (the Aburaya gejo Otori), Nakamura Fukusuke II (the decchi Hisamatsu) and Bandô Muraemon I (the Aburaya tedai Kosuke)

Nakamura Ganjirô II (left) and Arashi Rikaku V (right) playing the roles of the bantô Zenroku and Matsuya Gen'emon in the drama "Shinpan Ukina no Yomiuri" (illustration courtesy of RANCHUROW (2009) all rights reserved)