Artist: [画工] (Gakō): Murai Seima [村井 静馬], address: Honjo-Sotodechō, 18 [本所外手丁十八番地]; Utagawa Fusatane [歌川房種] (Japanese, fl. 1854 – 1889). Signed: Ōsai Fusatane Hitsu [桜斎房種筆] in a cartouche with a red round stamp. Block carver: Wada Yūjirō (和田勇次郎), seal: 彫勇 (Hori Yū), Friese 2009, № 225. Publisher: Unidentified yet.

Round Nengō Seal: Meiji 10 (1877), Year of the Ox, 9th month (September 1877).

Media: Uchiwa-e (団扇絵), color woodblock print, 253 x 260 mm

Actor: Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) Role: Ōtaku Tarō (大屋太郎) Actor: Suketakaya Takasuke IV (助高屋高助) Role: Princess Takiyasha (滝夜叉姫) Play: Unknown, likely a Meiji-era adaptation of a kabuki drama featuring Takiyasha-hime.

Nakamura Shikan IV, as Ōtaku Tarō, wears a richly decorated kimono with floral patterns and grips a sword. Suketakaya Takasuke, as Princess Takiyasha, is shown in a layered kimono with cloud motifs and hair styled with multiple ornaments. The performance remains unidentified, but similar roles appear in kabuki adaptations of the Takiyasha legend.

Here is Kunisada's print from 08/1856, featuring the same characters: The Syllable Ma（ま）as in Masakado (まさかど): Iwai Kumesaburō III (岩井粂三郎) as Takiyasha-hime (瀧夜叉姫) and Nakamura Fukusuke I (初代中村福助ヵ) as Ōtaku Tarō (大屋太郎) from the series Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary (Seisho nanatsu iroha - 清書七伊呂波) – from Lyon Collection.