Actors Matsumoto Kōshirō IV as Azuma no Yoshirō (R), Nakamura Nakazō I as Naniwa no Jirosaku (L), and Matsumoto Yonesaburō I as kamuro Tayori (C)

The actors Matsumoto Kōshirō IV as Azuma no Yoshirō, Nakamura Nakazō I as Naniwa no Jirosaku, and Matsumoto Yonesaburō I as kamuro Tayori in the premiere of the play Modori kago iro ni aikata 戻駕色相肩 (A Harlot's Love in a Returning Palanquin), performed at the Nakamura Theater in the 11th lunar month of 1788.