August Five of the Year of the Rooster: Lucky Dates for People of Wooden Natures (Tori no Hachigatsu Itsuka: Mokushō no Hito Uke ni Iru)

Painting, from the series Comparisons of the Artistic Pride of Precious Children (Gei jiman kodakara awase), One of Seven Lucky Treasures (shichifuku no uchi)

[Hotei, the god of good fortune, one of the seven lucky gods, facing right, standing on a rolling barrel, holding a mallet in his right hand and carrying his large bottomless bag of goods]

The Poet Kisen Hoshi, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)

「月雪花之所作事相勤候」「坂東三津五郎御名残り狂言」

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「俳家書画狂題」

「僧正遍昭」

Sōjō Henjō, series The Six Immortal Poets

Evening Glow at Nojima (Nojima no sekisho), No. 7 from the series "Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)"

Arashi Rikaku II as Sakura Togorō and Ichikawa Sukejuro II as the governor general Motouji

Nakamura Matsue III as Otaka

「とてつるけん　かいうた」 「道外奥山けん」

鵠沼小景：秋日閑々

Tokaido gojusan tsui

[Kite and folding fan]

Haika shoga kyoodai

The Poet Kisen Hoshi, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)

Woman Dressing/ It is Favorable to Don New Clothes (Kisohajime yoshi), from the Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki), with poems by Ryūsuitei Sodezumi (from Sendai) and Senryūtei (from Sendai)

[Sparrow and Hibiscus]

まるぶん

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Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Issun Tokubei

The Poetess Ono no Komachi, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)

Juuichigatsumuika nenokoku hishounohitoukeniirufunojizukushinoiwaiuta

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