Five Kabuki actors in the play Biographies of Eight Dogs

豊原国周筆　南総里美八犬伝
Biographies of Eight Dogs derived from a complex and fantastic story that recounts the lives of the nine generations of the fictional Satomi samurai clan. The word for dog (inu), possibly symbolic of the samurai virtue of loyalty, is incorporated in the names of all eight families in the clan.
Play: Nanso Satomi Hakkenden Actors/roles: Nakamura Ganjaku as Inumura Daikaku, Onoe Kikugoro as Inusaka Keno, Ichikawa Sadanji as Inugawa Sosuke, and Bando Hikosaburo as Inuyama Dosetsu.
Print format: oban diptych (originally triptych)
Publisher: unknown