Mimasu Daigoro IV as Yamada Takakage (From the series A Tale of Valor at Iga Pass)

A Tale of Valor at Iga Pass

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Nakayama Nanshi II as Otani (From the series A Tale of Valor at Iga Pass)

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The Karasu River at Takasaki Station: (Actor Mimasu Daigorō IV as) Tabakoya Genshichi

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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Mimasu Daigorō IV as Umeomaru (a, right panel); Nakamura Utaemon IV as Matsuomaru (b, center panel); and Jitsukawa Ensaburō I as Sakuramaru (c, left panel)

Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Mimasu Daigorō IV as Mizuo Jūrōzaemon (a, right); and Jitsukawa Ensaburō I as the yakko (servant) Sadasuke (b, left)

Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Mimasu Gennosuke I and Sakata Hangorō IV as Two Priests (right panel) and Bandō Mitsugorō III as a Shirabyōshi Dancer (left panel)

Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Nakamura Utaemon IV as Nuregami Chōgorō (a, right panel); Mimasu Daigorō IV as Oseki and Kataoka Ichizō I as the Wine Seller Kambei (b, center panel); and Jitsukawa Ensaburō I as Hanaregoma Chōkichi (c, left panel)

Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Fū (Wind): Mimasu Daigorō IV as the Ryōshi (fisherman) Namishichi (a, right); and Getsu (Moon): Jitsukawa Ensaburō I as Nagoya Sanza (b, left)

Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Sukenari (Soga no Juro), Tokimune (Soga no Goro), and their mother at a farewell party, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

Art Institute of Chicago

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Soga no Juro and Soga no Goro pursuing Suketsune's hunting party at Miharano, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

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The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Ukita Sakingo and Sawamura Sojuro III as the ghost of the courtesan Takao, in the play "Ominaeshi Sugata no Hatsuaki," performed at the Nakamura Theater, 1788

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Ichimanmaru (Soga no Juro) and Hakoomaru (Soga no Goro) about to be executed at Yuigahama, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

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"Large Head" Portrait (Okubi-e) of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Akita Jonosuke Yoshikage in a "Shibaraku" Role, from the play Mieiko Nori no Hachi no Ki (Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Model of "The Potted Trees"), Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1791

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The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as Aso no Matsuwaka, a Ninja (Shadow Warrior), in 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

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