The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in the "Sangai-gasa" (Triple-Umbrella) Dance Interlude of the Joruri "Yukashii wa Miyako no Naredoko" (Yearning After One's Own Bedchamber in the Capital), from Part Two of the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji (Flower of Japan: Ono no Komachi's Five Characters), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1771

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 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 Ichikawa Yaozo II as Goi no Sho Munesada with a Deer, in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji (Flower of Japan: Ono no Komachi's Five Characters), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1771

The Actors Yamashita Yaozo I as Ono no Komachi (right), Matsumoto Koshiro II as Godai Saburo (center), and Ichikawa Danzo III as Otomo no Kuronushi (left), in the play "Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1771

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsukaze (right), and Ichikawa Komazo I as Yukihira (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

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 Ichikawa Komazo II as Chunagon Yukihira (right), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Murasame (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Ono no Takamura and the Moon of Filial Piety (Ono no Takamura kōshi no Tsuki)

Ono no Tofu, from the series "A Gathering of the Elders of Poetry (Shoshikai bantsuzuki)"

Omu the Parrot (from the series Seven Elegant Episodes from the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi)

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsukaze (right), Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Murasame (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsukaze (right), Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Murasame (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Ono Falls on the Kisokaido (Kisokaido Ono no bakufu), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"

Ono Falls on the Kisokaido (Kisokaido Ono no bakufu), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"

Komachi Washes the Book (from the series Seven Elegant Episodes from the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi)

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

The Actors Nakajima Mihoemon II as Aramaki Mimishiro (right), Matsumoto Koshiro II as Otomo no Yamanushi (center), and Ichikawa Danzo III as Hannya no Goro (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Mitate (Parody) of Ono no Tofu in the Play Geiko Zashiki Kyogen

The First Day of Business (Akinai hajime), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

Yoshitsune's Encouter with Princess Joruri, from "The Tale of Joruri in Twelve Episodes (Joruri Junidan Zoshi)"

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo II as Yoshimine no Munesada (right), Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shizuya (center), and Nakamura Matsue I as Sakuragi (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

The First Calligraphy of the New Year (Kissho hajime), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

The First Horseback Ride of the New Year (Uma norizome), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

Visual Parody of the Calligrapher Ono no Tōfū (later edition)

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi (bottom), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Kiyomori (top), in the "Shibaraku" Scene from 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

Shikihakkeiseishuunorakugan

Beauties of the East, Modern Reproduction (Tōhō Bijin no Zu)

Kabuki Actor Tsu'uchi Monzaburō I )

A Girl and Four Servants, from the series "A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)"

Geese Descending in Mid Autumn (Seishu no rakugan), from the series "Eight Scenes of the Four Seasons (Shiki hakkei)"

“The Fifth Month” from the Series The Five Festivals in Style

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Nakamura Matsue as a Woman Holding a Cherry Branch

Naked Lovers (Shunga)

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

「江戸仕入むらさきもやう」「ゑひすやそめ」

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro

Beauties of the East, Modern Reproduction (Tōhō Bijin no Zu)

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II in an Unidentified Role

Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshirō IV, Modern Reproduction

Scenes of Women at Toilet

Ukifune of the Kanaya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo)"

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 Sanjo Kantaro as a courtesan

Furyu mitsu no koma (Series)

「風俗東之錦」

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