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Infamous kabuki story “Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura”, the main character Sukeroku’s older brother, worried about him, dressed up as a shirozake seller to visit him. Shirozake sellers carried their liquor around using a balancing pole.

Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni
Published: Bunka 4 (1807)

Waseda University Theater Museum (Reference Number: 100-2492)
https://archive.waseda.jp/archive/

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