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sagawa Tsuneyo II, Sawamura Sōjūrō III and Ichikawa Yaozō II, grouped before a rolled-up curtain closely resembling that which appears in prints numbered 112 to 114, which record a play given in the eleventh month of 1794.

The identifications of the rôles written over the mon of two of the actors probably are a later addition and erroneous in their attributions.

The only indications for color in this ink drawing are red on the lips of Yaozō and the eyelids of Sōjūrō, and blue on the shaven chin of the last mentioned actor.

This drawing has been reproduced in the Barboutau Catalogue, number 218C, as Rumpf Drawing number I, and by Kurth, Nakata and Noguchi. It is described under number 32 of the Jacquin Catalogue.

Unsigned. Size 8½×12 inches.

Museum of Fine Arts (Spaulding Collection).