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Mimasu Gennosuke I as Shirasuga Jûemon (right), Onoe Kikugorô III Neko-ishi no Kai (Spirit of the Cat Stone, center) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Inabanosuke (left) Play: Ume no hatsuharu gojûsan tsugi (Plum Spring: The Fifty-three Stations), A kabuki play that was performed in 1835 (Tenpo 6) at the theater Ichimura. It depicts a cat that has shapeshifted into an old woman, a cat wearing a napkin and dancing, and the shadow of a cat licking a lamp Signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei Date: 1835 Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size: Oban Triptych