Iwai Kumesaburo II as the Courtesan Takao in Banzei Okuni Kabuki

Iwai Kumesaburo in the Role of Lady Tomoe

Iwai Kumesaburo in a woman's role

Actor Iwai Kumesaburo as Mikuniya no Kojoro

The Courtesan Itsuno as a Kabuki Actor

The actor Iwai Kumesaburo II as the courtesan Katsuragi in the play "Oichiza Soga no Shimadai," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1827

Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshirō II, Modern Reproduction

The Kabuki actor Iwai Hanshirō IV

The actors Onoe Kikugoro III (R) as Nagoya Sanza and Iwai Kumesaburo II (L) as the courtesan Katsuragi in the play "Oichiza Soga no Shimadai," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1827

The Actor Iwai Kumesaburô II as Agemaki

Iwai Hanshirō II and Another Kabuki Actor, Modern Reproduction

The Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshirō IV, Modern Reproduction

The Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III (shikan) as the Courtesan Keisei

Onnagata actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Geisha Koman and actor Kataoka Gato II as Satsuma Gengobei

The Kabuki Actors Iwai Shijaku I and Bando Jutaro

Silhouette of Kabuki Actor - Iwai Shijaku, series Portraits as True Likenesses in the Moonlight

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Kakokawa Honzo in Chushingura

Actors Ichikawa Omezo as Mokuzu no Sampei and Iwai Kumesaburo as Yushima no Okan

Kabuki Actor Iwai Kumesaburō I as Sakuramaru's Wife Yae, Modern Reproduction

Kabuki Actor Iwai Shijaku as Aburaya Okon and Actor Sawamura Tossho as Fukuoka Mitsugi

Kataoka Gadō II as an unidentified character in a Kabuki play

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Omi no Okane in the play "Kongen Okuni Kabuki" performed at the Nakamura Theater in the seventh month, 1754

The Onnagata Actor Iwai Kumesaburo III as Sakura-hime and the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Kiyomizu Seigen

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as the Spirit of the Courtesan Takao in the Play Takao Daimyojin Momiji no Tamagaki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1787

Kabuki actors: Arashi Shichigono and Iwai Hanshiro

「高尾　岩井粂三郎」

Chigogafuchi Mashiba Hisatsugu/Yakko Yatahei

Nakamura Sōjūrō

「後藤左衛門　市川海老蔵」

Print

Inabayakushibonkyougenooatarichinzeihachirou tanimuratatehachi

○枠女、□枠男

○枠女、□枠男

野崎道

野崎道

The Actor Nakamura Matsue III as Keisei Agemaki

「歌舞伎十八番」

「歌舞伎十八番」

「青楼美人六花仙」 「扇屋花扇」

The Courtesan Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya Brothel (Ōgiya Hanaōgi), from the series Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters as Six Floral Immortals (Seirō bijin rokkasen)

Arashi Risho I as Mashiba Hisatsugu and Arashi Rikaku II as the yakko (servant) Yatahei

「歌舞伎十八番」

演芸倶楽部 白酒売

演芸倶楽部白酒売

Kikennoreijou

Kiitchi no musume Minazuru-hime (Object); Honcho bunyu hyaku nin isshu (Series)

Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Akogi Heiji, from the print series Tōsei keshōkagami (Makeup Mirrors of Our Time)

Beauty (Modern Reproduction)

Zori-tori Torazo jitsuwa Ushiwakamaru Ichimura Uzaemon (Object); Ezoshi-ren tenmakusha (Series)