The Actors Bando Aizo as the courtesan Kewaizaka no Shosho and Ichikawa Raizo I as Soga no Goro in the play "Satsuki Matsu Unohana Soga," performed at the Morita Theater in the fourth month, 1766

The Actor Ichikawa Raizo as Soga No Goro

Soga no Goro, Oiso no Tora, and Kewaizaka no Shosho

The Actors Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho and Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro in the play "Bando Ichi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1715

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro and Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the play "Bando Ichi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1715

The Actors Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho and Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro dressed as a komuso in the play "Bando Ichi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1715

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Soga no Goro and Ikushima Daikichi II as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1748

Tokimune (Soga no Goro) visiting his lover Kewaizaka no Shosho, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1782

The actor Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Shinobu in the guise of the courtesan Kewaizaka no Shosho

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Furisode Kisaragi Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1772

The Actor Iwai Kiyotaro as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play Gohiiki no Hana Aikyo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the First Month, 1794

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 Ichimura Kamezo I as Soga no Goro in the play "Hatsugoyomi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1745 (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro in the play "Soga Koyomi Biraki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro

The Actor Ichikawa Masuzo I as Soga no Goro in the play "Tokitsukaze Irifune Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1758

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Soga no Goro in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1748

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 Raizo I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in the scene “Sukeroku” in the play "Hitokidori Harutsuge Soga" ("The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler")

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 actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Soga Goro and Bando Mitsugoro III as Kobayashi no Asahina

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Kazoe Uta Ta Ue Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1776

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Musashibo Benkei, Sakata Shintaro (?) as Soga no Goro, and Takigawa Kinya (?) as Soga no Juro in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744

「そがの五郎時むね　市川雷蔵」「せう／＼　坂東愛藏」

Hand Gesture Game

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Juni-gatsu Shikishi Waka (Series)

「義経千本桜　一世一代市川八百蔵」「源九郎きつね　市川八百蔵」「しづか御ぜん　瀬川路之助」

「お梅」「粂之助」

Man Fitting Arrow to Bow

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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the courtesan Umegae in the play "Hiragana Seisuiki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1764

Ise monogatari (Series)

「青楼万歳俄」「関の松がえ」

Furyu Juni-gatsu Geisha Meimyo Awase (Series)

「瀬川菊之丞」

triptych print

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The Fourth Month (Shi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Two Courtesans Seated at Kotatsu, Reading and Smoking (Nishikigi and Fujinoto of the Ō-Kanaya)

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Fox-Wife from Furui, in a Dance Sequence (Shosagoto) in Part Two of the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu (First Perfomance Day of the Izu Calendar), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1772

A Brave Drinking Bout for the Flowers of Edo

「風流十二月」 「四月」

[Playing with Words]

The Actor Ichimura Kamezo I as Soga no Goro in the play "Hatsugoyomi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1745 (?)

Iwai hanshirou

Arashi Hinaji As the Courtesan Koshizuka And Nakamura Sukegorō As Hanaregoma Chōkichi