Three Modern Reproductions: Design of Abe no Nakamaro from the Shika Shashin-kyo ("Poems of China and Japan Mirrored to Life"

Abe no Nakamaro, series One Hundred Poems

Poem by Abe no Nakamaro

Abe no Nakamaro, series True Mirrors of Poetry

Abe No Nakamaro, series True Mirrors of Poetry

Arashi Rikaku II as Abe No Nakamaro

The Poet Abe no Nakamaro in China Composing a Poem on the Moon

Abe no Nakamaro, series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse

Unidentified Kabuki Actor as Abe no Nakamaro

Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikaku II as Abe no Nakamaro

Illustration of the Abe no Nakamaro's Poem

Abe no Nakamaro, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems

Poem by Abe no Nakamaro, from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets

Arashi Rikaku II as Abe no Nakamaro (a, right panel); and Ichikawa Danzō VI as Kibi Daijin (b, left panel)

Ichikawa Danzō IV as Kibi Daijin (a, right panel); Fujikawa Tomokichi III as Gentötsuma (b, center panel); and Arashi Rikaku II as Abe no Nakamaro (c, left panel)