Katsukawa Shunshō (1726–1793)

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Karigane Bunshichi, Bando Mitsugoro I as An no Heibei, Ichikawa Danjuro V as Gokuin Sen'emon, Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro, and Sakata Hangoro II as Hotei Ichiemon (right to left), in "Gonin Otoko" (Five Chivalrous Commoners), an Interlude in Part Two of the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga (A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day in the Pleasure District), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Second Month, 1780

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kakogawa Honzo in Komuso Attire in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1783

Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as Ono Sadakurô in “Model for Kana Calligraphy: Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon Chûshingura”)

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Ukishima Danjo (?) in the Play Shinasadame Soma no Mombi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1770 (?)

Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kajiwara Genta no Kagetoki (Left), Segawa Kikunojô II as Yuki Onna (Center), and Arashi Sangorô II as Minamoto no Yoritomo (Right) in “Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums” (“Miyoto-giku Izu no kisewata”)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Sakata Hyogonosuke Kintoki, in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata (Raiko's Four Intrepid Retainers in the Costume of the Night Watch), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1781

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Matsuo-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1773

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Hangaku Gozen Breaking Down the Gate in the Play Wada-gassen Onna Maizuru (The Wada Conflict: A Woman's "Maizuru"), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month, 1777

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Loyal Ronin

Sumo Wrestlers of the Eastern Group: Kurateyama Yadayû and Izumigawa Rin’emon

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as a Thunder Goddess in the Play Onna Narukami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1770

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Abe no Muneto Disguised as a Peddler of Buckwheat Noodles, in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shinokobe Shoji Yukihira in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1783

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo Disguised as a Beggar in the Play Kamuri Kotoba Soga no Yukari, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1776

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Arashi Hinasuke I as Watanabe Choshichi Tonau in the Play Tokimekuya O-Edo no Hatsuyuki (Thriving Now: The First Snow of Edo), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1780

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Tsukimasu, Acting as Sakura-maru, in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773

Plate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa"

Three Beauties Chatting by a Veranda

The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Asahara Hachiro disguised as the servant of a princely family, from the play "Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1773

Nishiki hyakunin isshu azuma-ori

Yang Guifei

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Kudo Saemon Suketsune in the Play Kamuri Kotoba Soga no Yukari, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1776

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Aigo no Waka (right), and Ichikawa Yaozo II as Hachio-maru Aratora (left), in the Play Chigo Sakura Jusan Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774

Act Eight: Bridal Journey, from the play "Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Weaving silk, plate 11 from the series "Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)"

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in Formal Attire

Yagurashita no Bansho (Evening Bell at Yagurashita), Courtesan and Her Attendant at the Yagurashita Unlicensed Pleaser District in Fukagawa, from the series "Fukagawa Hakkei (Eights Views of Fukagawa)"

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo Soliciting Alms, in the Play Edo Meisho Midori Soga (Famous Places in Edo: A Green Soga), Performed at the Morita Theater from the Fifteenth Day of the First Month, 1779

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1776

The Actor Nakayama Kojuro VI as Osada no Taro Kagemune (in Reality Hatcho Tsubute no Kiheiji), in the Guise of a Lamplighter of Gion Shrine, in Act Three from Part One of the Play Yukimotsu Take Furisode Genji (Snow-Covered Bamboo: Genji in Long Sleeves), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1785

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Shoki the Demon Queller in the Play Date Moyo Kumo ni Inazuma, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Tenth Month, 1768

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Aza-maru in the Play Yui Kanoko Date-zome Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1774

Actor Bandô Matatarô IV as Gempachibyôe in “Snowflakes: Plum Blossoms Kaomise” (“Mutsu no hana ume no kaomise”)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renegade Monk Wantetsu of Okami-dani in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Baramon no Kichi in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1780

The Actor Nakajima Mihoemon II as Shujaku Tenno in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as a Monk, Raigo Ajari, in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato (Forest of the Nue Monster: Target of the Eleventh Month), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I in the Role of an Evil Courtier, Probably Prince Takahito, Illegitimate Son of Emperor Takakura, Disguised as Aso no Matsuwaka, in Part One of the Play Iro Moyo Aoyagi Soga (Green Willow Soga of Erotic Design), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Thirteenth Day of the Second Month, 1775

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Renegade Monk Zenjibo Disguised as Dainichibo in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1789

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kikuchi Hyogo Narikage in the Play Katakiuchi Chuko Kagami, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1770

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Street-Walker Otsuyu in the Play Cho Chidori Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1779

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Lady Shizuka (Shizkua Gozen) Disguised as Tamazusa in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Courtesan Toyama in the Play Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1777

Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Fox-Wife from Furui in “First Performance Day of the Izu Calendar” (“Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu”)

The Actor Yoshizawa Iroha I as Princess Yosooi (Yosooi Hime) in the Play Kikujido Shuen no Iwaya, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as Misao Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Kosode-gura no Tekubari, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Second Month, 1772 (?)

The Actor Tsuneyo II as Okaru in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1779

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Courtesan Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play Sono Kyodai Fuji no Sugatami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1776

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ashikaga Takauji in the Play Kaeribana Eiyu Taiheiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1779

Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô V as the Spirit of the Monk Seigen and Nakamura Noshio I as the Spirit of the Courtesan Takao in “Courtesan in a Maple-Leaf-Pattern Over-Kimono” (“Keisei Momiji no Uchikake”)

The Actors Bando Mitsugoro I as Hata no Kawakatsu (right), and Otani Hiroemon III as the Manservant (Yakko) Gansuke (left), in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai (Shrine Pillars on a Stone Base), Performed at the Morita Theater from the Fifteenth Day of the Seventh Month, 1773

Actors Segawa Kikunojô III as Yasukata and Iwai Hanshirô IV as Utôin Performing a Hobbyhorse Dance (Harugoma odori) in “The Fifth Genji Mitsugi’s Robe (“Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode”)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Atomi no Ichii in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as the Geisha Yukino (or Oyuki?) in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1781

The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as the Sumo Wrestler Matano no Goro in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

"Nu": Crossing Tatsuta, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Ru": Northern Province, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Ne": Brine Carriers, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Na": Nunobiki Waterfall, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Mu": Clapping the Hands to Effect a Curse, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"So": A Coquettish Woman, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

The Courtesan Michinoku of the Tsutaya House with her Kamuro Midare and Shinobu, from the series "Kikkaku Hokufu"

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa (?) in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1768 (?)

The Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Kusunoki Tatewaki Masatsura (right), Onoe Matsusuke I as the Monk Sahei Bozu (center) and Ichikawa Yaozo III as the Prince's Servant Kusunoki Uraminosuke (left), in the Play Kumoi no Hana Yoshino no Wakamusha, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1786

The Earth Spider Slain by Brave Samurai Watanabe no Tauna (center image)

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Okoma (right), and Arashi Sangoro III as the Hairdresser Obana Saizaburo (left), in the Play Koi Musume Mukashi Hachijo, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1776

Walking Courtesan, Possibly Sugawara of the Tsuruya House of Pleasure

A Courtesan of the Matsubaya

Courtesan Wearing a Chrysanthemum-Patterned Kimono

Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”)

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Onio Shinzaemon (?) in the Play Bunshin Sugatami Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1765 (?)

The Courtesan Sugawara of the Tsuruya House and Her Kamuro Namiji and Kashiko

Actors Onoe Tamizô I, Ichikawa Danjûrô V, and Osagawa Tsuneyo II, in (possibly) “A Dandyish Brocade: Opposing Warriors” (“Date Nishiki Tsui noYumitori”)

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as a Pilgrim (left), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu (right), in the "Silent Encounter" Scene (Dammari) from the End of Part One of the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka (Returning Home in Splendor), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1780

Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as the Dragon Princess in the Play “Saki Masuya Ume no Kachidoki”

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I in the Wardrobe Room of a Theater

Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II, Iwai Hanshirô IV, and (possibly) Iwai Karumo on a Landing Backstage

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV in a "Shibaraku" Role, Possibly from the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1768

Plants, Porcelain Bowl, and Glass Goblet

The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Koga Saburo, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Devil of Kogakeyama, the Spirit of Wakasa no Zenji Yasumura, in the Play Kono Hana Yotsugi no Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo I as the Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Kanaishi in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IV as an Immortal Hermit in “Tenjiku Tokubei Turns the Helm toward Home” (“Tenjiku Tokubei kokyô no torikaji”)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Kisegawa in a "Nuno Sarashi" Dance, in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

Actors playing the roles of Giheiji and his son-in-law, Danshichi Kurobei

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Lady Kikusui (Kikusui Gozen) (?) in the Play Kaeribana Eiyu Taiheiki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1779 (?)

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kojoro-gitsune of Hakata in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

Actor Arashi Hinaji I Dancing in “The Maiden at Dojo Temple” (“Musume Dôjô-ji”)

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the female fox from Mt. Ubagadake in the play "Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1777

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Sonobe Zaemon in the play "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth Month, 1779

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Naniwazu in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

Actor Nakamura Sukegorô II as Ninja Aso no Matsuwaka in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”)

Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô II as Shunkan and Azuma Tôzô II as Oyasu in “Outing to Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat-Day of theNew Year” (“Hime komatsu neno hi asobi”)

Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô II as Chinese Sage Huangshi Gong and Ichikawa Danzô III as Chinese Warrior Zhang Liang in “At Mt. Otoko, a Trial of Strength in Drawing the Bow” (“Otokoyama yunzei kurabe”)

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon I as Monk Seigen of Kiyomizu Temple in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1769

Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shirotae

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Courtesan Maizuru in the Play Furisode Kisaragi Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1772

Actor Ôtani Hiroji III Probably as Ukishima Daihachi in “Comparing Merits: Festival Day at Soma” (“Shinasadame Sôma no mombi”)

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari Disguised as the Proefessional Jester Senraku (?) in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1769 (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Haru wa Soga Akebono-zoshi (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1772 (?)

The Actors Arashi Hinaji I (right), and Ichikawa Komazo II (left), as Princess Sakura (Sakura Hime) (?) and Shimizu Tonoinosuke (?), in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1769 (?)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Yuki Onna (the Snow Woman) in a dance interlude in scene two of the Joruri "Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face (Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao)" from the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata)," performed at the Ichimura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Asahina Saburo in the Play Iro Maki-e Soga no Sakazuki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1773

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Moshio in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Osaku (?) in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

The Actor Nakamura Matsue I as Kasaya Sankatsu (?) in the Play Hana no Gosho Konegen Butai (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1772 (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Danzaburo II as Usui no Sadamitsu (?) in the Play Edo Katagi Hikeya Tsunasaka (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1772 (?)

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sagami Jiro Disguised as Ambaiyoshi Gorohachi in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu II in an Unidentified Role

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV Performs the Triple Umbrella Dance in “Flower of Japan: Ono no Komachi’s Five Characters” (“Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji”)

The Actor Segawa Yujiro (or Segawa Kikunojo III) in an Unidentified Role

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shimokōbe Shōji Yukihira and Segawa Yūjiro I as Matsukaze, Sister of Togashi no Saemon, in “Your Favorite Play: The Subscription List” (Gohiiki Kanjinchō)

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Nakaomi Katsumi Disguised as the Farmer Datta no Nizo, in the Play Shitenno-ji Nobori Kuyo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1773

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shimokōbe Shōji Yukihira and Segawa Yūjiro I as Matsukaze, Sister of Togashi no Saemon, in “Your Favorite Play: The Subscription List” (Gohiiki Kanjinchō)

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Sotoku Taishi (?) Disguised as a Young Building Worker, in the Play Shitenno-ji Nobori Kuyo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1773

The Actor Segawa Yujiro I in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Segawa Kitsuji III as Murasame in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in a "Shak-kyo Odori" (Stone Bridge Dance), in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo II as Konoshita Hyokichi (?) (right), and Sakata Hangoro II as Matsunaga Daizen Hisahide (?) (left), in the Play Gion Sairei Shinko Ki (?), Perfomred at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Fifth Month, 1775 (?)

The Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Sanshodayu (left), in the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1769

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Odai, an Eboshi (Hat) Seller, in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Spirit of a Mandarin Duck (Oshidori) Disguised as Tagasode, in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

The Actor Arashi Hinaji I as Hananoi in the Play Gosho-zakura Horikawa Youchi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1773

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Prince Koreakira, Younger Brother of Emperor Go-Toba, in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho (Your Favorite Play Kanjincho [The Subscription List]), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1773

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Gokumon Shobei in the Play Sugata no Hana Kurofune Zukin, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Ninth Month, 1774

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Waitress Otake in the Play Chigo Suzuri Aoyagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1777

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Naoe in the Play Tsuma Mukae Koshiji no Fumizuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1780

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Kisewata (Tagasode) (?) in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1775 (?)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Miura no Katagai Disuigsed as the Nun Narukami, in the Play Ume-goyomi Akebono Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1780

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Potter Tsuchihei in the Play Higashiyama Momiji no Kadode, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1778

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Stone Image of Fudo Myoo in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Prince Koreakira (?) in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Ageha no Chokichi Disguised as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Kaido Ichi Yawaragi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1778

The Actor Segawa Yujiro I as Osai, a Female Hairdresser, in the Play Kamuri Kotoba Soga no Yukari, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1776

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lady-in-Waiting Suho Disguised as Tsunokuniya Tsuna, in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

The Actor Nakajima Kanzaemon III as Yaguchi no Karasu-baba in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I in an Unidentified Role

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III (right) as Ochiyo, and Bando Mitsugoro I (left) as the Greengrocer Hambei, in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1781

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Tomomori Disguised as Tokaiya Gimpei, in the Play Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fourth Month, 1777

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Sakon-gitsune in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

The Actor Nakamura Riko I in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Kojoro-gitsune Disguised as the Florist Okiku in the Play Mure Takamatsu Yuki no Shirahata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Mitsuogiya Usukumo in the Play Shida Choja-bashira, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1781

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Honcho-maru Tsunagoro (?) in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1777 (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Chigo Suzuri Aoyagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1777

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Kobayashi no Asahina Saburo in the Play Kuruwagayoi Komachi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1781

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as a Shirabyoshi Dancer in Musume Dojo-ji in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1783

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kume no Heinaizaemon Disguised as the Street Fortune-teller Kosaka Jinnai, in the Play Kotobuki Banzei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1783

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Hanako, the Daughter of Koshiba Kamon, Disguised as a Yotaka (Low-class Prostitute), in the Play Kotobuki Banzei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1783

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo I as Kiyo-hime in the Play Hanagatami Kazaori Eboshi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1774

Seven Gods of Good Fortune in a Treasure Ship

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Choemon (right) and Ohan (left), in the Elopement Scene "Michiyuki Segawa no Adanami" (An Elopement: Treacherous Waves in the Shallow River), a Dance Interlude from Part Two of the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga (Flower of Kabuki: The Eternal Soga), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twenty-fifth Day of the Fourth Month, 1781

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Kunii Kurando in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at te Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II in an Unidentified Role

Funya no Yasuhide, Two Women in a Gusty Autumn Landscape, from the series "Rokkasen (The Six Immortal Poets)"

The Warrior Watanabe no Tsuna Fighting the Demon at Rashomon

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Osada no Taro (?) in the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1768 (?)

The Actor Akizuki Sampei from Osaka Standing on a Galloping Horse (right), in the Play Dai Kyokuba

The Annoucement, page from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

An Actor as Senzai, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

An Actor as Sanbaso, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

An Actor as Okina, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Actor Anegawa Shinshiro II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Actor Sawamura Tanosuke I, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Actor Ichikawa Tsunazo, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Actor Ichikawa Shoemon, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Actor Ichikawa Somegoro, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Actor Ichikawa Kodanji II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Actor Nakajima Kanzaemon III, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Chinese Immortal Seiobo (C: Xi Wang Mu, Queen of the West)

Ichikawa Danjuro V

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Hata no Daizen Taketora Disguised as the Yakko Matahei (right), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Umegae Disguised as the Poem-Diviner Omatsu (left), in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Momonoi Wakasanosuke Yasuchika (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Fifth Month, 1771 (?)

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro II as Yoemon and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Kasane, His Wife

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Hairdreser Komagata Ikkaku in the Play Fuji no Yuki Kaikei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1770

Actor Nakamura Sukegorô II as a Chivalrous Commoner (Otokodate)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1771

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as the Boathouse Man Kurofune Chuemon in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1771

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Momonoi Wakasanosuke (right), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Kakogawa Honzo (left), in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1771

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Izu no Jiro Disguised as Kemmaku no Sabu in the Play Edo-zakura Sono Omokage, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1769

The Actor Ichikawa Raizo II as Murakami Hikoshiro Yoshiteru in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as the Guard Kuriu Zaemon Yorikata in the Play Azuma no Mori Sakae Kusunoki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1779

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Prince Takahiro in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Sakura-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1772

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II as Omi no Kotoda (?) in the Play Shuen Soga Omugaeshi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1768 (?)

The Actors Onoe Matsusuke I as Yawata no Saburo (right), and Otani Tomoemon I as the Yakko Emohei (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Lady Manko (Manko Gozen) (?) in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1780 (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Kichisaburo, Temple Page of Kichijo-ji, in the Play Sono Kyodai Fuji no Sugatami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Second Month, 1776

The Warrior Ômori Hikoshichi Carrying a Demon on His Back

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo (?) in the Play Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1773 (?)

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as the Shinto Priest Goinosuke Disguised as the Spirit of a White Heron, in the Play Sakikaese Yuki no Miyoshino, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi and Nakamura Nakazô I as Taira no Kiyomori in the “Shibaraku” scene from “Forest of the Nue Monster: Target of the Eleventh Month” (“Nue no Mori Ichiyô no Mato”)

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Fuwa Banzaemon in the Play Keisei Nagoya Obi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1771

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Chichibu no Shigetada

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Maruya Gorohachi in the Play Kotobuki Banzei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1783

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Iba no Juzo (?)

The Actor Segawa Yujiro I in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Shii no Shosho Okinori in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Asahina no Sabura in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1777

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro Tokimune (left), in Komuso Attires, in the Play Sakaicho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1771

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Kanaishi (?) in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1772 (?)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Aigo no Waka in the Play Chigo Sakura Jusan Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Miyagino Disguised as a Hairdresser in the Play Kosode-gura no Tekubari, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Second Month, 1772 (?)

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Satsuma Gengobei (right), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Sasano Sangobei (left)

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Lady Hangaku (Hangaku Gozen) in the Play Wada-gassen Onna Maizuru, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Godai Saburo Masazumi Disguised as Rokuju-rokubu in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Taira no Tomomori in the Play Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1777

The Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Onoe no Mae in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Suketsune in the Play Kaido Ichi Yawaragi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1778

Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Itsukushima Tennyo in the Kabuki Play “Tokimekuya o-Edo no hatsuyuki”

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Yakko Matahei in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

The Actor Ikushima Daikichi III as the Courtesan Naniwazu in the Play Saki Masuya Ume no Kachidoki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa, in the Fifth Scene of the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori (A Dandyish Brocade: Opposing Warriors), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sagami Jiro Disguised as Ambaiyoshi Gorohachi in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Yakko Matsueda Sakinosuke in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1772

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Izutsu Onnanosuke (?) in the Play Keisei Tsuki no Miyako (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Ninth Month, 1775 (?)

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as the Courtesan Wakamatsu (?) in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1773 (?)

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as Oiso no Tora (?) in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the First Month, 1775 (?)

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as an Itinerant Monk in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Akugenda Yoshira Disguised as a Pilgrim, in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Taira no Masakado Disguised as the Pilgrim Junjo in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Yanone Goro in the Play Kuruwa-gayoi Komachi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1781

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Tonase in the Play Kanadehon Chushin Nagori no Kura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1780

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Kudo Suketsune Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Waka Murasaki Edokko Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1792

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Oishi (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushin Nagori no Kura (?), Performed at the Nakamora Theater (?) in the Ninth Month, 1780 (?)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1780

The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Takechi Jubei Mitsuhide in the Play Shusse Taiheiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1775

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ashiya Doman in the Play Kikyo-zome Onna Urakata, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1776

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo Disguised as a Beggar, in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1777

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Akoya in the Play Edo Meisho Midori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Second Month, 1779

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kakogawa Honzo in the Play Kanadehon Chushin Nagori no Kura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1780

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kakogawa Honzo, from the play "Kanadehon Chushin Nagori no Kura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1780

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Tsukisayo in the Play Gohiiki Nenne Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1779

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Abe no Sadato in the Play Oshu Adachi ga Hara, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1777

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Michichiba in the Play Azuma no Mori Sakae Kusunoki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1779

The Actor Otani Hiroji III in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Kajino Choan (?) in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1777

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Scene at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, from Act One of Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), from the series "Chushingura Juichimai-Tsuzuki (Set of Eleven Sheets Illustrating Chushingura)"

Courtesans of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter, from the Series Seiro Kokon Hokku Awase

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Ashikaga Motouji Disguised as Katagiri Yashichi in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Edo Meisho Midori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1779

Act Ten: The Amakawaya from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hige no Ikyu in the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1782

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Buddhist Monk in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1783

The Actor Otani Hiroji III in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hakamadare Yasusuke or Watanabe no Tsuna (?) in the Play Shintenno Tonoi no Kisewata (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1781 (?)

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Makino Arataro Tokizumi in the Play Hana no O-Edo Masakado Matsuri, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789

The Actor Nakamura Kojuro VI in a Daisho no Mai (Sword Dance), in the Play Gion Nyogo, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Tenth Month, 1786

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Prince Koretaka Disguised as the Courier Izutsu Chuji, in the Play Yamato Kano Ariwara Keizu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1781

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Sword Master Takuma Genryu (?) in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1789 (?)

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Lady Manko (Manko Gozen) in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1780

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Kobayashi no Asahina Disguised as a Bird-Catcher in the Play Edo no Haru Meisho Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1773

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as an Incarnation of the Dragon King in the Play Saki Masuya Ume on Kachidoki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in te Eleventh Month, 1778

Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IV as Taira no Tomomori Disguised as Tokaiya Gimpei in “Yoshitsune’s Thousand Cherry Trees” (“Yoshitsune sembon-zakura”)

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hige no Ikyu in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1771

The Actors Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi (right), and Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as Yatsurugi Zaemon (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as a White Fox Disguised as Ukishima Daihachi in the Play Shinasadame Soma no Mombi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1770

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon I as Kudo Suketsune Disguised as a Beggar in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1769

Actor Ichikawa Danzô III as Narukami in “Bird of the Capital: Komachi of the East” (“Miyakodori azuma Komachi”)

Actors Nakamura Nakazô I and Ichikawa Komazô I in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”)

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as the Woodcutter Gankutsu no Gorozo in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Moshio in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Nagasaki Kageyuzaemon Disguised as Gorohachi the Sake Seller, in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kudo Suketsune (?) in the Play Iro Moyo Aoyagi Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1775 (?)

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Lady Hangaku (Hangaku Gozen) in the Play Wada-gassen Onna Maizuru, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Abbot Saimyo-ji Tokiyori, Disguised as a Monk, in the Joruri "Onna Hachi no Ki" (A Female Version of "The Potted Trees") from Part Two of the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai (A Woman as Master: The World of the First Snow), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1773

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Dozaburo (?) in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the First Month, 1775 (?)

The Actor Bando Sampachi I as Yawata no Saburo (?) in the Play Shuen Soga Omugaeshi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1768 (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Sanada no Yoichi (?) in the Play Sanada no Yoichi Banjaku no Iezuto (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1767 (?)

The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro in the Joruri "Gonin Otoko" (Five Chivalrous Commoners), Played as One Act in the Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi (Mastery of the Fan in Kabuki), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Twentieth Day of the Seventh Month, 1768

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Matsuo-maru in the Play Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1768

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Fuwa Banazemon in the Play Date Moyo Kumo ni Inazuma, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Tenth Month, 1768

Memorial Portrait of Actor Ichikawa Ebizô II (Danjûrô II) as a Peddler of the Medicine Uirô

The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kan Shojo in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1768

The Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro Kyusei Disguised as the Burglar Ipponzaemon in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768

Actor Ôtani Hiroji III Striking a Stage Pose before a Stone Gateway

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II as an Outlaw

Actor Ôtani Hiroji III Possibly as Akaneya Hanshichi in “Snow on Mt. Fuji: The Soga Vendetta” (“Fuji no yuki kaikei Soga”)

The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Kameo (right), and Sakata Sajuro I as Ario (left), in the Play Hime Komatsu Ne no Hi Asobi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1768

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Soga no Juro Sukenari (?) in the Play Shuen Soga Omugaeshi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1768 (?)

The Actors Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi (right), and Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1771

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hannya no Goro in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

Actor Ichikawa Danzô III as Shôki the Demon-Queller in “Dandyish Design: Lightning Amid Clouds” (“Date moyô kumo ni imazuma”)

Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô V as the Buddhist Deity Fudô in “Rethatched Roof: The Moon Also Shines over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District” (“Fuke Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara”)

A Pilgrim Praying through the Night to the Buddha (kannenbutsu) is Startled by a Ghostly Head Lying on the Snow-Covered Ground

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Kawatabiya Mombei in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Matsuo-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1776

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ko no Moronao in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1779

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in His Dressing Room

Actor Ôtani Hiroji III in His Dressing Room, Assisted by (possibly) Ôtani Tokuji I and Observed by (possibly) Nakamura Nakazô I

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Onmaya Kisanda Dressed as Kakubei the Lion Dancer (Kakubei-jishi) (right) and Segawa Kikunojo III as Shizuka Gozen (left), in the Dance Sequence "Myoto-zake Kawaranu Nakanaka" (Everlasting Harmony of the Marital Cup), from the Second Part of the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune (Heavenly Child—The Fox Leaps Through the Shrine Gate), Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Goddes Benzaiten of Enoshima in the Play Onno Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV Doing a Quick Change Between the Roles of Sadakuro and Yoichibei, in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Third Month, 1781

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kudo Sukestune (?) in the Play Kokimazete Takao Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1778

The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Kasahari Hokkyo in the Play Kazoe Uta Ta Ue Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1776

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Kureha (?) in the Play Shusse Taiheiki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1775 (?)

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Abe no Sadato (?) in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1778 (?)

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in theThird Month, 1777

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Chinese Hero Kan'u in the Play Hatsu Akebono Niwatori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1772

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Edo Meisho Midori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Second Month, 1779

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Arakawa Taro in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Pilgrim Kakuzan in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Sakura-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1776

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Soga no Goro Tokimune Disguised as Agemaki no Sukeroku in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1782

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as a Dragon Maiden Disguised a Tamanami, in the Play Oyafune Taiheiki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

The Actor Segawa Kitsuji III as Murasame in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Hige no Ikyû in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”)

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Lady Manko (Manko Gozen) (?) in the Play Soga Musume Choja (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1784 (?)

The Actor Bando Matataro IV as Bando Taro in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

The Actor Yoshizawa Iroha I as Tamamo no Mae (?) in the Play Sakuya Kono Hana no Kaomise (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1776 (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as the Thunder God, an Incarnation of Sugawara Michizane, in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1776

The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Otsuma in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1781

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Agemaki in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1771

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actor Azuma Tozo III in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Matsuo-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1779

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Ogata no Saburo Disguised as Matsuura Saemon in the Play Ichi no Tomi Tsuki no Kaomise, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female Fox from Mt. Ubagadake in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Onmaya Kisanda Disguised as the Lion Dancer Kakubei in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Moriya no Daijin Disguised as Rokuju-rokubu in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kudo Saemon Suketsune (?) in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1771 (?)

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Hata no Daizen Taketora Disguised as Shikishima Wakahei in the Play Juni-hitoe Komachi-zakura, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1784

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Kongara Doji in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Gokuin Sen'emon in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1780

The Goddess Benten Holding a Biwa and a Young Man Holding a Shoulder Drum, from the series "Comparing the Smiles of the Lucky Gods (Fukujin egao kurabe)"

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as the Palanquin Bearer Gohei in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

The Actor Nakajima Mihoemon II as Bomon no Saisho Kiyotada in the Play Oyafune Taiheiki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Asahina Saburo in the Play Iro Maki-e Soga no Sakazuki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1773

The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Akita Jonosuke in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Hito-maru Disguised as the Courtesan Chiyozaki, in the Play Kuruwa no Hana Katsuragi no Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third Month, 1775

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Yoshimine no Munesada in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as an Ascetic Monk, in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

Musashibô Benkei Brings the Captured Tosabô Shôshun to Yoshitsune

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Kusunoki Uraminosuke Disguised as a Male Fox from Tsukamoto (?), in the Play Kumoi no Hana Yoshino no Wakamusha (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1786 (?)

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female Fox from Mt. Ubagadake in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Asahara Hachiro Disguised as the Servant of a Princely Family, in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Retired Emperor Sutoku in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Takenuki Goro in the Play Eho Soga Nen-nen-goyomi, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1771

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Kagekiyo Disguised as Omi Yawatanosuke in the Play Haru wa Soga Akebono-zoshi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1772

The Actor Kasaya Matakuro II as the Boatman Rokuzo in an Unidentified Play, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fifth Month, 1770

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi (?) in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1770 (?)

The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Kajiwara Genta Kagetoki in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Yushichi (?) in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1772 (?)

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo in the Play Kite Hajime Hatsugai Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1774

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as the Hairdresser Obana Saizaburo in the Play Koi Musume Mukashi Hachijo, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1776

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Matsuo-maru (?) in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Fourth Month, 1779 (?)

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Nagao Terutora in the Play Kuruma-gakari Tekuda no Gumbai, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1783

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Tonase in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Third Month, 1781

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as the Hairdresser Jirokichi in the Play Shida Choja-bashira, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1781

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1782

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the courtesan Agemaki in the play "Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1776

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shira-giku, a Temple Page, In the Play Haru wa Soga Akebono-zoshi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1772

Taira no Atsumori Returning to Shore to Confront Kumagai no Jirô Naozane

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Oboshi Yuranosuke in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1783

"Mu," page from "Picture Book of the Music of Pines Trees (Ehon matsu no shirabe)"

"I": Coming of Age, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Ro": Seaweed, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Ni": Akutagawa, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Ho": Yatsuhashi Bridge in Mikawa Province, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Wa": Young Grass, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Re": The Imperial Huntsman, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Ra": Narihira Requests a Painting from a Former Lover, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"U": Narihira Presents a Chancellor with a Model of a Pheasant, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"No," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Ku," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Ko," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Me," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Shi," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Ki," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Nagoya Osan in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

The Actors Nakamura Shichisaburo III (right), and Ichikawa Junzo I (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actors Kasaya Matakuro II as Nobuyori Disguised as the Yakko Gunnai (right), and Miyazaki Hachizo as the Lay Monk Hambyo Nyudo (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actors Nakamura Denkuro II as Suma no Dairyo (right), and Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

The Actors Otani Hiroemon III as Shinagawa Okaminosuke (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Arashishi Otokonosuke (left), in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kajiwara Genta no Kagetoki (?), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Spring Flowers: Violets and Dandelions, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Matsubaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Kadotamaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Kagemanjiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Gakuiseya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Takeya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Asahimaruya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Matsuneya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Ogiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Summer Flowers: Irises and Water Plantains, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Chojiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Chojiya, from the book "A Comparison of Beauties of the Green Houses: A Mirror of Their Forms (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Chojiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Tamaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Yadaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Wakanaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Kadotsutaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Winter Flowers: Chrysanthemums, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

A Courtesean of the Matsubaya House

Courtesans of the Nakaomiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Three Komuso Monks: The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) as Kudo Suketsune (right), Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Juro Sukenari (center), and Ichikawa Omezo I as Soga no Goro Tokimune (left), in Act Six of the Play Waka Murasaki Edokko Soga (Pale Purple Soga, Edo Style), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twenty-third Day of the First Month, 1792

Courtesans of the Nakaomiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of the Kadokaneya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of the Kiribishiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of the Echizenya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of the Yamashiroya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of the Maruya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of the Komatsuya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of the Obishiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of the Okaneya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

The Gate of the New Yoshiwara, frontispiece from the third volume of "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)"

Four courtesans of various houses, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 3

Five Courtesans of Various Houses, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 3

Act VII: The Ichiriki Teahouse in the play Chushingura Juichidan Tsuzuki

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Oboshi Yuranosuke in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1786

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Seijuro (right) and Onatsu (left), in the Elopement Scene "Michiyuki Hiyoku no Kiku-cho" (An Elopemet: Chrysanthemum-and-Butterfly Lovebirds), a Dance Interlude from Part Two of the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga (Flower of Kabuki: The Eternal Soga), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twenty-fifth Day of the Fourth Month, 1781

The Courtesan Yugiri and Her Lover Fujiya Izaemon, from the series "Tokiwazu Hakkei"

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Minamoto no Yorinobu in the Play Kikujido Shuen no Iwaya, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as an Ascetic Monk, in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Taira no Tadamori Disguised as a Potted-Plant Seller in the Play Sakuya Kono Hana no Kaomise, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Prince Takanori in the play "Kaeribana Eiyu Taiheiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1779

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ogata no Sabura (?) in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actors Otani Tomoemon I as Emohei (right), and Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as Sanada Yoichi (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Actors Ichikawa Danjôrô V as Gokuin Sen’emon, Bandô Mitsugorô I as An no Heibei, and Nakamura Sukegorô II as Kaminari Shôkurô in “A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day in the Pleasure District” (“Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga”)

Dancer with a Maple Branch

The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II (1689-1758)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Onami Disguised as the Dragon Princess in the Play Saki Masuya Ume no Kachidoki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Ghost of the Renegade Monk Seigen in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1783

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Tezuka no Taro Mitsumori Disguised as the Monkey Trainer Tonkichi Tochibei, in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1769

Tokaiji no Bansho, from the series "Shinagawa Hakkei (Eight Views of Shinagawa)"

Act Eight: Bridal Journey from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

Act Six: Yoichibei's House from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

Act Two: The House of Kakogawa Honzo from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as The Thunder God, an Incarnation of Kan Shojo, in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami" performed at the Morita Theater in the third month, 1780

Two Courtesans on a Moonlit Balcony at a House of Pleasure in Shinagawa, from the series "Nan'eki Shufu"

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Court Servant Shoheida Sadamori in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Omi no Kotoda (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Bamba no Chuda (left), in the Joruri "Sono Chidori Yowa no Kamisuki" (The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight), from Part Two of the Play O-atsurae-zome Soga no Hinagata (A Soga Pattern Dyed to Order), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Tenth Day of the Third Month, 1774

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Otomo no Kuronushi in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Courtesan Toyama of Tsuruga in the Play Keisei Tsuki no Miyako, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1775

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kusunoki Masayuki Disguised as Uji no Joetsu, in the Play Go Taiheiki Shirishi-banashi, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fourth Month, 1780

Act Nine: Yuranosuke's House in Yamashina from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Princess Sakura (Sakura Hime) in the Play Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1773

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Spirit of Joro-gumo (Harlot Spider) Disguised as the Maiko Tsumagiku (?), in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1781 (?)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Nakayama Kojuro VI as Ko no Moronao in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1786

Sumo Wrestlers of the Western Group: (right) Kashiwado Kandayu from Edo, (left) and Inagawa Masaemon from Osaka

The Sumo Wrestler Onogawa Kisaburo of the Eastern Group, with an Attendant

Actors Nakayama Kojûrô VI as Osada Tarô Kagemune and Sawamura Sôjûrû III as Komatsu no Shigemori in “Snow-Covered Bamboo: Genji in Long Sleeves” (Yukimotsu Take Furisode Genji)

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the Courtesan Agemaki in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1776

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo in a dance interlude in scene two of the Joruri "Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face (Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao)" from the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata)," performed at the Ichimura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1770

Woman on a Veranda About to Open a Love-letter

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Hachio-maru Aratora in the Play Chigo Sakura Jusan Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Female Beancake Peddler Hyugaya in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

Actors Segawa Kikunojô II as Reizei, Ichikawa Komazô I as Suruga no Hachirô, and Ichikawa Yaozô II as Tada no Kurando in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”)

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Katsukawa Shunshō (1726–1793)

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