Colour woodblock pentaptych print, oban tate-e. The Five Otokodate (chivalrous gentlemen), depicted by five famous kabuki actors in grey and white striped robes with bamboo flutes in their girdles standing beneath branches of cherry blossom: 1) Sawamura Sojuro V carrying a tobacco pipe and holding his robe, 2) Nakamura Utaemon IV crouching with his hands on his head, 3) Ichikawa Ebizo V (Danjuro VII) standing with his hands concealed in his robe, 
<br>4) Matsumoto Kinsho (Koshiro VI) standing with his legs apart and holding a tobacco pipe, and 5) Ichikawa Kuzo turning his head and holding an open fan.
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<p>Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳)
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<dl><dd>Published by: Joshuya Juzo (上州屋重蔵)</dd></dl></div>
between 1847 and 1853 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1847-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1853-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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