The actors Onoe Tamizô and Ôtani Tomoemon I playing the roles of Nishikigi (Izumi no Saburô's younder sister) and the yakko Tanihei (in reality Kasuya Tôta Arisue) in the drama "Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise" staged in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1769 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Ippitsusai Bunchô)

Onoe Tamizô I in an illustration from the book "Yakusha Mono Iwai" (1784)
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