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Video actor and editor: David Kelly

Taken from 'Konyo Zukishi' by Mitsukuri Shōgo (1845)
Sakamaki Shunzo, Japan and the United States 1790 - 1853

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Some images taken from Osanaetoki Bankokubanashi (童絵解万国噺), an 1861 book by writer Kanagaki Robun and artist Utagawa Yoshitora, and other images from the work of Utagawa Yoshitora.