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Three big girls diptych parody of sumo wrestlers
1856, 4th month

Japan
Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Kiyotaki no Sashichi, from the series A Modern Suikoden (Kinsei Suikoden) 「清滝の佐七　市村羽左衛門」『近世水滸伝』
1862, 7th month

Japan
Nakamura Shikan IV as Nuregami Chōgorō 「中村芝翫　ぬれ髪長五郎」
1864, 10th month

Japan
Sa Brigade, Third Group (Sanbangumi): Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Sadakurō, from the series Matches for the Kana Syllables (Mitate iroha awase) 「さ　三番組　定九郎」定九郎　初代河原崎権十郎」　　『み立いろはあわせ』
1866, 7th month

Japan
Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Narita no Shinzō, from the series A Modern Suikoden (Kinsei Suikoden) 「成田の新蔵　河原崎権十郎」『近世水滸伝』
1862, 7th month

Japan
Iwai Kumesaburō III as Natsume Kozō Shinsuke, from the series A Modern Suikoden (Kinsei Suikoden) 「夏目子僧新助　岩井粂三郎」『近世水滸伝』
1861, 7th month

Japan
Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Wani no Junsuke, from the series A Modern Suikoden (Kinsei Suikoden) 「鰐の順助市川小団次」『近世水滸伝』
1862, 11th month

Japan
Ka Brigade, Eighth Group (Hachibangumi): (Ichimura Kakitsu IV) as Kanpei, from the series Matches for the Kana Syllables (Mitate iroha awase) 「か　八番組　勘平　四代目市村家橘」　　『み立いろはあわせ』
1866, 7th month

Japan
Nakamura Shikan IV as Sakata Kintoki and Onoe Baikō (Kakunosuke) as Usui Sadamitsu (R); Sawamura Tanosuke III as Usugumo, Actually the Spirit of a Spider (Jitsu wa kumo no sei) (C); Nakamura Chūtarō as Urabe no Suetake and Ichikawa Kuzō III as Watanabe no Tsuna (L) 「坂田金時　中村芝翫」「臼井貞光　尾上梅幸」「傾城薄雲実は蜘の性　沢村田之助」「卜部季武　中村仲太郎」「渡辺ノ綱　市川九蔵」
1864, 10th month

Japan
Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason: Ichikawa Kodanji as the Ghost of Kasane (Kasane no bōkon), from the series Comparisons for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjūrokkasen no uchi) 「累の亡魂」『見立三十六歌撰之内』
1852, 9th month

Japan
Fond of Gidayū Ballads (Gidayū kō), from the series Twenty-four Enjoyments of Present-day Beauties (Nijūshi kō tōji no hanamono) 「義太夫好」『二五五四好今様美人』
1863, 11th month

Japan