The Third Otani Hiroemon as an Outlaw Standing Near a Willow Tree

Kabuki Actor Sakata Hangorō III as an Outlaw

The Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) as Ishikawa Goemon

Kabuki Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Ko-kakeyama and Ōtani Hiroji III as Kōga Saburō

The actor Nakamura Utaemon III as farmer Gosaku, a disguise of the outlaw Ishikawa Goemon

Nakamura Utaemon IV as a Warrior Standing in the Snow

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Inanoya Hanbē

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as the Sword Master Kyōgoku Takumi, from the series Issei ichidai atari Kyōgen (Hits of a Lifetime of Kyōgen)

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Gokumon Shobei in the Play Sugata no Hana Kurofune Zukin, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Ninth Month, 1774

Kabuki Actor Ōtani Hiroji III

Otani Tomoemon IV as a porter and Jitsukawa Ensaburō I as an unidentified character in an inset

Kabuki Actors Onoe Kikugorō III as Shizuka Gozen and Nakamura Utaemon III as Kitsune Tadanobu, in the play Yoshitsune senbon zakura (The Thousand Cherry Trees of Yoshitsune)

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in theThird Month, 1777

Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō IV as Yakko Yodohei and Nakamura Utaemon I as the Monk Kiyomizu no Seigen

The Actors Nakamura Utaemon II as Haseo and Nakamura Shikan II as Sukune Taro

The Actors Nakamura Utaemon II as Haseo and Nakamura Shikan II as Sukune Taro

Ōtsu-e of Kabuki Actor Playing Hotei Ichiemon

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Shinoda Jirodayu in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1772

Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami)

Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami)

Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami)

The Actors Bando Mitsugoro I as Hata no Kawakatsu (right), and Otani Hiroemon III as the Manservant (Yakko) Gansuke (left), in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai (Shrine Pillars on a Stone Base), Performed at the Morita Theater from the Fifteenth Day of the Seventh Month, 1773

Bandō Hikosaburō III in the Role of Obiya Chōemon and Iwai Hanshiro IV in the Role of Shinanoya Ohan, from the Play “Nihonmatsu Michinoku sodachi”

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Hige no Ikyu in the scene “Sukeroku” in the play "Hitokidori Harutsuge Soga" ("The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler")

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Osada no Zenjo Kagemune in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu (First Performance Day of the Izu Calendar), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1772

沢村宗十郎　瀬川菊之丞

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「亜墨利加」

American Family with a Dancing Daughter

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Teraokaheiemon sekisanjuurou

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「岩井粂三郎」

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「うちわはんじ物」

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: The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro I 1660–1704

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro I 1660–1704

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「奴小万　嵐璃寛」「はんじ物喜兵衛　坂東彦三郎」

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「市川団之助」

「ＷＯ　ＲＯ　ＳＩ　ＩＡ　ＺＩＮ　遊行」