Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada) 1852 (Kaei 5) A figure with a humorous facial expression is Sawai Sukehei, one of the characters from a revenge story “The Sugoroku Game of Crossing Iga”. Sukehei is an express messenger and a subject of Sawai Matagorou, the antagonist of the main character. In this scene, Sukehei gets mad with jealousy because he just saw his favorite female entertainer from the Yoshida juku (inn) is flirting with a man. He saw them by using a telescope at a tea house. The kabuki actor who took part of Sukehei was Bandou Mitsuemon I and his forte was the comical clown. These works are part of the series “Actors Assorted in Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou”. Right now 140 works of this series are found. The artist Toyokuni III was one of the most popular ukiyo-e artists. The landscape of the post station is illustrated at the background, and a figure in front is a character of kabuki play who has a connection to the post station. Also, all figures’ portraits are based on the famous kabuki actors. A figure with a humorous facial expression is Sawai Sukehei, one of the characters from a revenge story “The Sugoroku Game of Crossing Iga”. Sukehei is an express messenger and a subject of Sawai Matagorou, the antagonist of the main character. In this scene, Sukehei gets mad with jealousy because he just saw his favorite female entertainer from the Yoshida juku (inn) is flirting with a man. He saw them by using a telescope at a tea house. The kabuki actor who took part of Sukehei was Bandou Mitsuemon I and his forte was the comical clown.

Utagawa Kunisada(ToyokuniⅢ) 1852（kaei5） As the background picture of Hodogaya Station, Shinbashi Bridge that spans over Katabira River is illustrated. For the Totsuka station, a ridgeway between fields with pine trees and a willow tree is illustrated. For both pictures, the characters from a famous revenge story of Akou Roushi of a kabuki play “Kana-dehon Chushingura” are illustrated. For Hodogaya, Bandou Shiuka I as maid Okaru and for Totsuka, Ichikawa Danjurou VIII as Enya Hangan’s (historically, he was Asano Naganori) vassal Hayano Kampei are illustrated. They are lovers but Kampei was failed and they had to run off together. Totsuka was chosen for the background of this picture since the kabuki performance that dramatized the story of their elopement “’Michiyuki Tabiji no Hanamuko (The Journey of the Groom)” took place in Totsuka. The figure illustrated is Hayano Kampei, a character from “Kana-dehon Chushingura (The Revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin)” and he is a retainer of Enya Hangai (Historically, Hayano was the retainer of Asano Takumi no Kami). He regrets that he could not be there when his master committed the killing incident, since he was dating with his wife Okaru (No.4) at that time. With a sense of guilt inside of him, Kampei travels to escape with Okaru to her home town. Totsuka is the place where the travel scene takes place. The illustrated actor was Ichikawa Danjurou VIII, who was popular with his beauty and the performance. his work is from the series “Actors Assorted in Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou ”. Right now 140 works of this series are found . The artist Toyokuni III is one of the most popular ukiyo-e artists. The landscape of the post station is illustrated at the background, and a figure in front is a character of kabuki play who has a connection to the post station. Also, the figure’s portrait is based on a famous kabuki actor. As the background picture of Hodogaya Station, Shin-machi Bridge that spans over Katabira River is illustrated. For the Totsuka station, a ridgeway between fields with pine trees and a willow tree is illustrated. For both pictures, the characters from a famous revenge story of Akou Roushi of a kabuki play “Kana-dehon Chushingura” are illustrated. For Hodogaya, Bandou Shiuka I as maid Okaru and for Totsuka, Ichikawa Danjurou VIII as Enya Hangan’s (historically, he was Asano Naganori) vassal Hayano Kampei are illustrated. They are lovers but Kampei was failed and they had to run off together. Totsuka was chosen for the background of this picture since the kabuki performance that dramatized the story of their elopement “’Michiyuki Tabiji no Hanamuko (The Journey of the Groom)” took place in Totsuka.