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I need help with this portrait, i tried to read, is it Yoshio the artist? But i still can't identify the other characters

Any help will be apreciated, and thanks for the help in my last posts

The print is not signed but bears only the mark of the publisher 'Yoshio Insatsu' or 'Kichio Insatsu' (吉尾印刷 - Yoshio- or Kichio printing), the name of a publishing company that was active in Toyama during the Meiji period. The depicted kabuki actor is Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助, 1865-1940) in the role of 'Ushiwakamaru' (牛若丸). The title of the scene is 'Gojôbashi hayase no tsukikage' (五条橋早瀬月影 - Carried by the wind on Gojo bridge by moonlight). Gojo bridge is the place where Ushiwakamaru (Yoshitsune) and Benkei meet for a fight. This seems to be a parody or a kabuki adaptation where Ushiwakamaru, dressed as a female daruma, is calling Benkei with a flute. Date 1880s.

Guy.

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