The actors Takenaka Tôzaburô (top/1st from left), Sodeshima Ichiya (bottom/1st from left), Ôtani Tsuneemon (top/2nd from left), Sakurayama Shirosaburô I (bottom/2nd from left), Kirinoya Gonjûrô I (bottom/1st from right), Yamamoto Hikogorô (top/2nd from right) and Takashima Onoe (top/1st from right)
playing the roles of Nagaoka Chikaranosuke, Otaku, Ôhara Kageyu, Kumagai Tsunaemon, Nagaoka Wadaemon, Kanebayashi Hyôgo [1] and Princess Kame
in the kaomise drama "Meryû Oryû Kogane no Uroko",
which was staged in Ôsaka at the Higashi no Shibai in the 11th lunar month of 1717
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