The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Wealthy Bumpkin from Yamato, Actually Magoemon of Ninokuchi Village (Yondai-me Matsumoto Koshiro no Yamato no Yabo Daijin, jitsuwa Ninokuchi-mura Magoemon)

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Boatman Minagawa Shin'emon of Reisengasaki in Kamakura, Actually Hata Rokurozaemon Tokiyoshi (Yondai-me Matsumoto Koshiro no Kamakura Reizengasaki no sendo Minagawa Shin'emon, jitsuwa Hata Rokurozaemon)

The actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Gorobei

Actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as the Fisherman Tomonari

Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Gorobei, the Fish Seller from Sanya

Actors Matsumoto Kōshirō 4th as Ninokuchi-mura Magoemon and Nakayama Tomisaburō as Umegawa from the play "Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi - Yomo no Nishiki Kokyo no Tabiji" (Kiri-za)

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

Acteurs Matsumoto Koshiro IV en Iwai Hanshiro IV als Yoemon en Kasane

Matsumoto Koshiro VII as Sukeroku, from the series Flowers of the Theatrical World

Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kusunoki Bokon and Sawamura Kijuro as Omori Hikoshichi in the Scene from a Drama (Sandaime Matsumoto Koshiro no Kusunoki Bokon to Sawamura Kijuro no Omori Hikoshichi)

The actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as Ishikawa Goemon in the play "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1810

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

The Actoe Ichikawa Komazo llI as Nitta Yoshisada, Actually Oyamada Taro Takaie (Sandai-me Ichikawa Komazo no Nitta Yoshisada, jitsuwa Oyamada Taro Takaie)

The actor Matsumoto Koshiro I (1674-1730) and the onnagata Ogino Sawanojo (1656-1704) in a play ...

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Fuwa Banzaemon in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1748

The Actors Onoe Kikugoro III (right) as Shirokiya Okoma and Matsumoto Koshiro V (left) as her lover Saiza

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 Sakata Hangoro III as the Groom Abumizuri no Iwazo in Koriyama, Actually Kurisaka Taro Tomonori (SAndai-me Sakata Hangoro no Koriyama no Umakata Abumizuri no Iwazo, jitsuwa Kurisaka Taro Tomonori)

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 and a geisha, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life

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 Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Kakogawa Honzo in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Fifth Month, 1795

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 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 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 Ichikawa Tomiemon as Inokuma Monbei

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Dozaemon Denkichi in the Play Yaoya Oshichi, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Fourth Month, 1785

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 Yamashita Kinsaku II in an Unidentified role

Ono no Komachi, from the series Array of Jeweled Beauties (Han shōzoku bijin soroi)

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

夏の冨士美人合・初代尾上榮三郎

「瀬川菊之丞」「市川八百蔵」

中村仲蔵

Allusion to the Noh Play Hachinoki (Potted Trees)

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

Actors: Segawa Kikunojō III and Ichikawa Yaozō III

風流相性鏡・男水女金

「雁金文七」

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 Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

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

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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

Kayoi Komachi