YAKUSHA 藝術畫廊

Kabuki Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III, from the series Portraits of Kabuki Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Inanoya Hanbē

The Actor Ichikawa Komazō III

Ōtsu-e of Kabuki Actor Playing the Outlaw Hotei Ichiemon, of the “Karigane Five”

Kabuki Actor

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Matsue

Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugorō I

Kabuki Actor Nakayama Kojūrō VI

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IV

Kabuki Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II

Kabuki Actor Azuma Tōzō III

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Nakazō I

Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō III

Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshirō IV

Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshirō IV

Cooling at Nakazu/ Kabuki Theater

The Ninth-Month Kabuki Dance "Kikujido"

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V

Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII

Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor

Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor

Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor

Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor

Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor

Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor

Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Denkurō II

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danzō III

Kabuki Actor Ōtani Hiroji III

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Yaozō II

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danzō IV

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V

Three Kabuki Actors Playing Hanetsuki

Kabuki Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX

Kabuki Actors Nakamura Gentaro and Ikushima Shingoro

The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V

The Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV

Kabuki Actors: Bando Mitsugorō and Iwai Hanshirō

Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei

Kabuki Actors Osagawa Tsuneyo II and Ichikawa Danjūrō V

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Sukegorō II as Kaminari Shōkurō

Kabuki Actor in a Female Role Standing with a Fan

Kabuki Actor Sakata Hangorō III as an Outlaw

Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō III in a Woman’s Role

Ichikawa Sadanji as Dozaemon Denkichi in a Kabuki Play

Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Raizō I and Bandō Hikosaburō II

Kabuki Actors Arashi Ryūzō II and Segawa Kikunojō III

Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō III in a Female Role

Kabuki Actors Sawamura Sōjūrō III and Segawa Kikunojō III

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizō III (Ichikawa Danjūrō IV)

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō I in a Female Dance Role

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizō V as Kumagai Jirō Naozane

The Kabuki Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III and Courtesans

Kabuki actors play the role of 47 Ronin (Seichū gishi den)
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Evening Glow on a Traveling Drama [Chinese watching a Kabuki play]

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Shikan Backstage (Nakamura Shikan rakuya no zu)

Foreigners Enjoying Children's Kabuki at the Gankirō Tea House

Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō III in a Mad Female Role

The Actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Nozarashi Gosuke, likened to Shi Jin the Nine Dragoned (Kyūmonryū Shishin ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V in a Shibaraku (Stop Right There!) Role

The Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō II as a Woman Reading a Letter

The Advent of a Demon; Scene from a Performance in an old Kabuki Theatre

Duel Scene from the Kabuki Drama, "A Soga Pattern Dyed to Order" (Ōatsurae-zome Soga Hinagata)

The Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojo in the Role of a Courtesan Reading a Letter

Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō III, Onoe Matsusuke I, and Sawamura Sōjūrō III

Kabuki Actors Segawa Kikunojō III and Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Two Courtesans Celebrating the New Year

Print of a Kabuki Dancer from the Maiden of the Dōjōji Temple (Musume Dōjōji)

Shitaku and Sansho VII in Soga Kyodai (a Kabuki Play of the Soga Brothers)

Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugorō I in The Belle of Asakusa Temple (Keisei Asakusa no Kane)

Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugorō III as the Spirit of the Courtesan Yonakishii

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V in a Shibaraku (Stop Right There!) Role as Hannya no Gorō

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shinozuka in a Shibaraku (Stop Right There!) Scene

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

Two Dancers Performing a “Shakkyōmono” Kabuki Dance, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō), vol. 3

Kabuki Scene at Kumagai's Camp, from the play The Chronicle of the Battle of Ichinotani (Ichinotani futaba gunki)

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebizō (Ichikawa Danjūrō V) in the play The Colored Reins of a Loving Wife (Koi nyōbō somewake tazuna)

“Act II, Scene 2: Along Train Tracks in America,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki

A Woman Dressing a Girl for a the Kabuki Dance “Musume Dojōji,” with “Brother Picture” (E-kyōdai) of a Monkey Trainer

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Komazō III as Shiga Daishichi in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi)

Kabuki Actors Sawamura Sōjūrō III and Sanogawa Ichimatsu III in "A Courtesan’s Mirror for the Eastern Provinces" (Keisei Azuma kagami)

Kabuki actors play as Ōashibara Ueno no kami Masahira, Tokiwa Mikuriya Bettō Tsuneaki, Tairano Shinnō Masakado, Musashi Gorō Takeshiba

Bando Hikosaburo III as Sugawara no Michizane, from the Kabuki play, "Sugawara's Secrets of Calligraphy" (Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami)

Kabuki Actors Asao Yūjirō as Sano Genzaemon and Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Miura Arajirō, in the play Keisei Sano no Funabashi

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

View of the Kabuki Theaters at Sakai-cho on Opening Day of the New Season (Sakai-cho Shibai no Zu), from the series, "Toto Meisho"

Kabuki Actor Morita Kan’ya VIII as the Palanquin-Bearer in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi)

“Act II, Scene 5: At the Opera in Paris,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki

The Actor Nakamura Sen'ya as Tokonatsu in the Kabuki Play, "The Legacy of the Three-Comma Family Crest Revealed" (Mitsudomoe katoku-biraki)

Perpsective View (uki-e) of a Kabuki Theatre, with a Performance of The Crest Patterns of the Soga Brothers and Nagoya Sanza (Mon-zukushi Nagoya Soga)

Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Ushiwaka no Genji in the Kabuki play A Parody of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Mitate Sangokushi-Ushiwaka no Genji)

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei, in the play Benimurasaki ai de someage (Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka)

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)

Onoe Kikugorō V as Otowake Neko no ke (Right), Bandō Mitsugorō IV as Aishō Michinoku (Center), Onoe Kikugorō V as Isogai Mibunosuke (Left) in the Kabuki play Tōkai Kidan Nekomata Yashiki

Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Iemon Confronted by an Image of His Murdered Wife, Oiwa, on a Broken Lantern, Referring to Katsushika Hokusai’s Hyaku monogatari (One Hundred Ghost Stories)

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)

Kabuki Actor Arashi Kitsusaburō II as Kajiwara Heiji, in the play Hiragana seisuiki (Records of the Battles between the Minamoto and Taira Clans in the Japanese Syllabary)

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

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 Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V as Sakata Kintoki in the Play Raikō’s Four Intrepid Retainers in the Costume of the Night Watch (Shitennō tonoi no kisewata)

Kabuki Actor

Utagawa's Lifetime Masterpiece, from the Japanese version of the Shuihu Zhuan

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizō V as the Outlaw Nippon Daemon (right) and Kataoka Gadō as Tokushima Gohei

The Actor Oneo Kikugoro in the Role of Soga no Goro

Segawa Tomisaburō II as Yadorigi in the Play "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga"

Board game of the Flower Stage (Hanabutai atari sugoroku)

The Actors Nakamura Tomijirō in the Role of Ono no Komachi and Sanogawa Ichimatsu in the Role of Her Servant

The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Ude no Kisaburō, likened to Wu Song the Ascetic (Gyōja Bushō ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)

The Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asahina Tōbei, likened to Lu Zhishen the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshō Rochishin ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)

''‘Lady of the Evening Faces’ (Yūgao): Yazama’s Wife Orie (Yazama-shi no shitsu Orie),” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase)

The Actor Arashi Tokusaburō as the Female Gallant (Onnadate) Ohashi

The Actors Arashi Kitsusaburō II as the Hairdresser Kamiyui Tasuke, and Arashi Koroku IV as Gonza the Lancer (Yari no Gonza)

Shinozuka Uraemon Reading the Prologue at the Miyakoza Theater

Ichikawa Omezō I in the Role of Yakko Ippei from the Play "Koinyōbō somewake tazuna"

Ichikawa Danjūrō II (?) Performing Shibaraku in the Ichimura Theater

The Lovers Oshichi and Kichisaburo

Yamashina Shirojuro in the Role of Nagoya Sanzaemon

The Actor Arashi Otohachi I (facsimile?)

The Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III in the Role of Shimada Jūzaburō, from the series "Image of Actors on Stage"

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII Admiring Ichikawa Danjūrō I in an Inset Portrait

“One-Legged Umbrella Monster” (Kasa ippon ashi)

Yotsu of the Matsukiyo Brothel Performing as a Shirabyōshi, from the series Sacred Dances in Shinmachi

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Tamashichi

Ichikawa Yonezō as the Ghost of Oiwa

The Actor Arashi Rikaku II as Isogai Tōsuke, from the series Lives of Men who Carried Out Revenge for Loyalty or Filial Piety

Ichikawa Ebizō V as Senso Dōjin (right); Jitsukawa Ensaburō as Jiraiya (left)

Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Wrestler Iwakawa Jirokichi

A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters

The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII as the Old Beggar Woman Kurozuka Babā at Adachigahara

Splendor of the Procession of General Grant from America (Beikoku Guranto-shi go tsūkō no han'ei)

Shared Feelings in the Bedchamber of Komurasaki and Gompachi

The Actor Nakamura Nakazō in the Role of Kan Shōjō

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII Preparing New Year's Gifts

Matsukaze Murasame

A Boating Party under Azuma Bridge

Ichikawa Danjūrō II in the Scene "Wait a Moment" (Shibaraku)

Ichikawa Danjūrō II in the Role of Soga Gorō from the Play "Yanone"

The Actor Tatsuoka Hisagiku in the Role of Kurenai

“Enjoying the Evening Cool near Lord Nabeshima’s Warehouses” (Fūryū Nabeshima yūsuzumi)

Bandō Mitsugorō III as Daihanji Kiyozumi and Arashi Koroku IV as Koganosuke

“‘A Boat Cast Adrift’ (Ukifune): Omatsu and Akabori Mizuemon,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase)

The Actor Asao Gakujūrō I (previously Yūjirō I) as Mashiba Hisatsugu

The Actor Ichimura Takenojo VIII in the Role of a Puppeteer, showing Puppets to a Courtesan

The Actor Nakamura Noshio II as the Courtesan Okaru

The Actor Ichikawa Omezō I as the Young Daimyo Momonoi Wakasanosuke

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

Ichikawa Ebizō IV as Takemura Sadanojō in the Play Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna

Palindromic Poems (Kaibunka): Kyo

The Love Letter

Dance of the Beach Maidens

The Actor Segawa Kikunojō III as Wappa no Kikuō in a Woman’s “Asahina Armor Pulling” (Asahina no kusazuri-biki) Scene

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizō (formerly Danjūrō V) as Kemushi Babā of Anō Village

Dekishima Hanya Seated on a Cherry Tree

The Dance of the Beach Maidens

Visiting

The Actor Onoe Fujaku III as Kobayakawa Takakage

Sumo Wrestlers Inariyama and Matsuozaki

Segawa Tomisaburō II and Nakamura Manyo as Yadorigi and Her Maid Wakakusa in the Play "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga"

Bandō Hikosaburō III as Sagisaka Sanai in the Play "Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna"

Nakayama Tomisaburō as Miyagino in the Play "Katakiuchi Noriyaibanashi"

Sawamura Yodogorō II and Bandō Zenji as Kawatsura Hōgen and Onisadobō in the Play "Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna"

Arashi Ryūzō I as Ishibe Kinkichi in the Play "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga"

“The Pyramids of Egypt” Egefutekoku senkei kodai), from the series Newly Published Dutch Perspective Prints
(Shinpan Oranda uki-e)

“The Tomb of King Mausolus” (Ajia-shū Maurirya-ō keibo), from the series Newly published Dutch Perspective Pictures (Shimpan Oranda uki-e)

Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Fish Peddler Gorobei

Nakamura Nakazo II as Prince Koretaka Disguised in the Play Ōshukubai Koi no Hatsune

Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinojō in the Play "Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi"

Komachi Praying for Rain

Sakata Hangorō III as Fujikawa Mizuemon in the Play "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga"

Nakajima Wadaemon and Nakamura Konozō as Bōdara no Chōzaemon and Kanagawaya no Gon in the Play "Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi"

Bandō Mitsugorō II as Ishii Genzō in the Play "Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga"

Happy Improvisations on a Riverboat Journey

Actor

Portrait of an Actor

An Unidentified Actor

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro

The Actor Nakamura Kiyozo

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro

The Actor Arashi Wakano

Actor as Tokihira

The Actor Otani Oniji

An Unidentified Actor

An Actor Beside Water

The Actor Sakata Hangoro II and the Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV

The Actor Otani Hiroji III and the Actor Onoe Kikugoro I

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III

The Actor Otani Hiroyemon III

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX

The Actor Otani Oniji III

Album of Thirty Actor Prints

Actor as a Samurai Youth

Album of Forty-eight Actor Prints

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozō III

The Actor Nakayama Kumetaro II

Album of Forty Actor Prints

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo as a Kyokaku

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II, 1688–1758

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro as Banzuin Chobei

The Actor Onoye Matsusuke as a Ronin

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo I as Yorimasa

Actor as Master of Sagamiya (Sagamiya teishu)

The Actor Morita Kanya Wearing One Sword

The Actor Yoshizawa Ayame as a Samurai

Actor Sanjo Kantaro (1697–1763) as a Woman

Actor Sanjo Kantaro (1697–1763) as a Woman

A Famous Actor of Women's Roles

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo as a Daimyo

Unidentified Actor in a Female Role

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo with Drawn Sword

The Actor Morita Kanya VIII as Tatsugorō

An Actor Portrait (Wears a Danjuro Mon)

An Actor With a Rack of Wigs

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II, 1688–1758

The Actor Tohimura Kamezo as a Warrior

Handayu, An Actor in a Female Role

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I Standing

The Actor Bandō Hikosaburō 1st (?)

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo as a Warrior

The Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō 3rd (Kinokuniya)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro I 1660–1704

The Actor Otani Hiroji as Honda Harunaga

The Actor Ishimura Kamezo Holding an Umbrella over the Actor Nakamura Kiyozo, as the Courtesan Matsuyama

Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as the Courtesan Toyama and Actor Ichikawa Kurizo as Higashiyama Yoshiwakamaru

The Actor Matsumoto Yonesaburō in a Woman's Role

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke in the Role of Lady Iwafuji

The Actor Segawa Kikunojō as a Courtesan of the Ōmiya Brothel

The Onnagata Actor Hanagiri Toyomatsu (Shisei) III as Ohaya

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Samurai Ready to Fight

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as a Fish Peddler

The Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V as a Samurai

The Actor Danjuro III as an Itinerant Peddler

The Actor Nakamura Rikō, as a Courtesan with a Sword

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V, Attired in Voluminous Ceremonial Trousers (Nagabakama)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in the Role of a Woman

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo Third as an Oiran

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III Holding up a Piece of Brocade

The Actor 2nd Nakamura Sukegoro as a Robber

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro 3rd in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Arashi Hinaji in a Female Role

The Actor Yamashita Kyonosuke in the Role of Tamarimaru

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke as a Samurai with a Drawn Sword

The Actor Ichimura Takenojo Reclining on a Balcony

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo Second with Raised Sword

The Actor Third Sawamura Sojuro as a Man of High Position

The Actor Kakimura Kichisaburo as a Dancing Girl

Actor (Sanjo Kantaro?) in the Role of a Courtesan

Actor (unidentified) as a Peddler of Dry Goods

The actor Otani Oniji in the role of Omoni Hikoshichi

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as a Samuri.

An Actor with a Sword Ready to Strike

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as a Samurai

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Kyokaku

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo I in the role of Utou Yarukata

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV Seated in an Outer Room

The Actor Ichikawa Monosuke II in an Unidentified Female Role

The Actor Ogino Isaburō in the Role of Katorihime

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimitsu in Role of Kumenosuke

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku in the Role of Mutsuhana

An Actor of the Iwai Clan as a Woman

Head of an Unidentified Actor as a countryman in Rags

Actor as Woman with Hobby–horse in Unidentified Role

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro in the Role of Koshizuka

The Actor Ichikawa Omezo as a Samurai with Two Swords

An Unidentified Actor Stands with an Open Fan in His Hand

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II Holding a Smoking Pipe

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozō III Holding a Red Fan

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV on a Bullock in a Snowstorm

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as a Nobleman Writing Poetry

The Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V as a Warrior Near the Seashore

The Actor Segawa Roko as the Woodseller Ohara Leading an Ox

The Actor Ichikawa Aragōrō as Yoshida no Matsuwaka-Maru

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro 2nd as a Samurai

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro as a Woman Wearing a Red Cape

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo 3rd in a Female Role

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo 3rd in a Female Role

Fan Print of the Actor Segawa Kikunojo III

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro as a Stately Woman

The Actor Otani Hiroemon as a Man Standing in a Room

The Actor Nakamura Riko as an Oiran Tying Her Obi

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as a Man in Daimyo Attire

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Samurai

Actor as a Woman Standing by a Mirror Stand

The Actor Nakamura Kumetaro I as a Oiran

The Actor Arashi Otohachi as a Young Samurai in Woman's Clothes

An Unidentified Actor in the Role of a Samurai

The Actor Nakamuro Tomijuro as a Mounted Warrior

Actor Sanokawa Ichimatsu as Young Samurai riding on Horse-back

Actor Ichimura Uzaemon (1699–1762) as a Comb Vendor

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo in Shibaraku in Dark Green Robes

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro II in Ceremonial Robes with Kamishimo

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke in Shibaraku in Deep Red Robes

The Actor Nakamura Nakazō in the Role of Ono Sadakurō

Actor Sakata Hongoro II as a Wrestler in a Play

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo as the Peddler Soga no Juro Sukenari

The Actor Bandō Hikosaburo I in a Female Role

The actor Arashi Ryuzo later known as Arashi Shichigoro

The Actor Nakamura Rikō I with an Attendant

The Actor Otani Hiroji III, Armed with a Sword

Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as a Courtesan's Attendant

Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as the Geisha Asaka

Actor Sakakiyama Sangoro II as Michinaga's Daughter Princess Otae

Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Sadato's Wife Iwate

Actor Nakamura Kumetaro II as Minato, the Wife of Yura Hyogonosuke

The Actor Arashi Wakano as a Young Samurai in Woman's Clothes

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro 4th as a Man

The Actor Ichikawa Monosuke II as Chivalrous Commoner

The Actor Ogino Isaburō as an Itinerant Flower Vendor

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II Holding a Bow and Arrows

The Actor Ichikawa Danzō III as a Court Noble

The Actor Iwai Hanshirō IV as Sakura Hime, the Cherry Princess

The actor Nakamura Nakazo as a rokuju-rokubu (pilgrim to Buddhist temple)

The actor Nakamura Nakazo as a rokuju-rokubu (pilgrim to Buddhist temple)

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I, 1689–1756 in an Unidentified Female Role

The Actor Ichikawa Uzayemon IX 1724–1785 in a Female Role

Actor Scattering Peas; A Ceremony of Exorcism for the New Year

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro as a Woman Standing by a Gate

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as a Samurai in Fighting Trim

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I as Sasaki no Saburo

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII 1699–1762 as a Woman with Parasol

Unidentified Actor (possibly Yoshizawa Ayame) as a Woman with a Sword

An Actor as Sadakuro in the Forty–seven Ronins

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in the Role of a Woman

Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu (1722–1763) as a Courtesan during the Tanabata Festival

The Actor Ichikawa Danzō IV in the Role of Ono Sadakurō

The Actor Ichikawa Monosuke (?) or Ichikawa Omezō in Female Role

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo with a Sword, Fighting the Actor Ichikawa Raizo II who is Armed with a Lance

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo III in the Role of Kanshojo

Drawing Intended as Design for an Actor Print

The Actor Ichikawa Komazō II in the Role of Ono Sadakurō

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo, 1690–1749 with Drawn Sword and Helmet

The Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III as the Kumano Pilgrim Jissaku, actually Taira no Shigemori

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizō (Danjūrō V) as the Elderly Samurai Sasaki Ganryū (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizō III as Shinozuka Iga no kami Sadatsuna in a Shibaraku Scene

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo I as a Man Holding a Monkey Mask

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon Eighth as a Samurai Carring a Basket Hat

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II in the Role of Soga no Goro

The Actor Arashi Wakano as a wakashu (youth) in a kappa (raincoat)

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu as a Young Man Holding a Folded Letter

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro in the Role of Sayohime Disguised as Hanamasu

The Actor Ichimura Kamezo Fighting with the Aid of a Large Hatchet

The Actor Otani Hiroji I 1699–1747 in the Role of a Fish–vendor

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Man Ready to Wade into the Sea with a Drawn Sword

Standing figure of an actor of the Ichikawa family, probably Danjuro IV

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as a Woman in a Black Kimono

The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro I with His Sword Drawn in a Defiant Attitude

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro 3rd as a Man who Stands with Arms Folded near a Brush Fence

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III Watching from the Branches of a Pine Tree Overhanging a Stream

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon I as a Monk under a Willow Tree

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V standing inside of a house and in front of an engawa

The Actor Onoye Matsusuke with Sword Held Above His Head with Both Hands

The Actor Bando Mitsugorō I as one of the Conen Otoko or Five Kyokaku

The Actor 2nd Nakamura Sukegoro as a Man Bearing a Black Lacquer Letter Box

The Actor Nakamura Noshio II, in Female Role, Holding a Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute)

Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Uiro-uri (Peddler of Sweet Cakes Called Uiro)

The Actor Arashi Tominosuke (Standing) in the Role of Hyasakihime, and Ichimura Kamezo as Kanto Koroku

An Unidentified Actor as a Farmer with a Basket on His Back

The Actor Segawa Kichiji as a Daimyo's Young Son, and Sanogawa Ichimatsu as a Samurai Attendant

The Actor Ikushima Daikichi as an Oiran on Parade in the Streets of the Yoshiwara

The Actor Ikushima Daikichi as a Woman Standing under an Ume Tree

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro as a Courtesan Reading a Love Letter while Mounted on a Black Ox

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Samurai Attired in a Purple Haori (Coat)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as a Woman Standing near a Winding Stream

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo I in the Role of Satsuma Kushi no Gengobyoye

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as the Otomos' Maid Wakakusa, Actually Prince Korehito

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke in the Role of the Famous Strong Woman Okane

Unidentified Actor as a Kyokaku Standing at the Foot of a Cliff in a Snow Storm

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro as Bijomaru in the Drama "Kikujido" Shuen no Iwaya"

The Actor Bandō Hikosaburō II as a Komuso in the Role of Sōga no Gorō Tokimune

The Actor Onoya Matsusuke, in Female Robe of O-Kane, Adjusts the Comb in His Hair

The Actor Onoye Matsusuke I, as a Man Holding a Closed Fan in His Right Hand

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro 3rd as a Man Stnding in a Pleasure-boat

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo as a Woman at a Picnic under Autumn Maple Trees

The Actor Sanagawa Ichimatsu 1st as a Wakashu (Fashionable Youth) in the Drama "Momo–Chidori Shiraume"

Imaginary portrait, Shuihuzhuan of Stage: Tōryūdai (Mitate Suikoden Tōrōdai) - Actor Ichikawa Sadanji plays Hanaoshō Shinkichi

Imaginary portrait, Shuihuzhuan of Stage: Tōryūdai (Mitate Suikoden Tōrōdai) - Actor Nakamura Shikan plays Suekichi

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as a Man Armed with a Sword

Actor Nakamura Utayemon with Two Women Preparing for the New Year Ceremony

Actor Tsu-uchi Monsaburo in a Woman's Role in the Play "Three Instances of Good Fortune (Sanpuku Tsui)"

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as a Samurai in Green and Yellow Robes

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as a Woman in Black Robe Holding a Straw Hat

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozō III as Fuwa Banzaemon in a Thunder Robe, Playing with a Fan

An Actor in the Fox Dance from the Drama, "The Thousand Cherry Trees"

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in Female Role, Standing Beside a Litter

An Actor of the Ichimura Line Sitting on a Shogi (Wooden Bench) and Holding a Pipe

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II in the Role of the Oiran Hatsuito of Yamashiro-ya

The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon in Ceremonial Robes of Green and Pink, Drawing His Sword

The Actor Ishikawa Danjuro V Performing a Shibaroku Act with a Drawn Sword in His Hand

Actor Sawamura Kodenji as a Woman at the Time of the Tanabata Festival

The Actor Azuma Tōzō I as a Woman Carrying Two Bird Cages

The Actor Ichikawa Monosuke II in the Role of Daito-no-miya Disguised as a Komuso

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo in the role of Asahi na Saburo Breaking Open the Castle Door

Courtesan or Actor as Courtesan Pouring Tea by the Light of a Lantern

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo 2nd as an Oiran in a Gauze Kimono, Standing, Tying Her Obi

The Actor Nakamura Nakazō I as the Elderly Samurai Hige no Ikyū

The Actor Ōtani Tomoemon in the Role of Ono Sadakurō, from the series Image of Actors on Stage

The Actor the Fourth Danjuro with His Chin in His Hand Leaning on the Handle of a Large Black Axe

The Actor Nakamura Sukegorō II as a Samurai Disguised as a Shichō or Attendant at a Shinto Shrine

The Actor Ichimura Kamezo in the Role of Sogo no Juro Sukenari, in the Drama "Edo Murasaki Kongen Soga"

Imaginary portrait, Shuihuzhuan of Stage: Tōryūdai (Mitate Suikoden Tōrōdai) - Actor Onoe Kikugorō plays as Kumon no Ryūkichi

An Actor of the Bando Line as an Outlaw Brought to Bay on the Bank of a River

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro as a Man in Sumptuous Raiment, Standing in a Field, Mount Fuji in the Background

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III in the Role of Fuwa Banzaemon from the Play "Ukiyozuka hiyoku no inazuma"

The Actor Arashi Koroku IV in the Final Farewell Performance of His Career (Shōgai onagori kyōgen) as the Female Bandit Hotei Oichi

Matsumoto Sumezō as a Man in Winter Attire Standing in the Snow

Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Chivalrous Commoner (Gonin Otoko) from the Play "Hatsumonbi kuruwa Soga"

Arashi Rikan II as Miyamoto Musashi

The Actor Nakamura Kichibei

The Actor Sanjō Kantarō as an Itinerant Buddhist Nun

Ichikawa Danjūrō V in the Scene "Five Chivalrous Commoners" from the Play A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day

Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of the Monk Mongaku from the Play Hana-zumo Genji-biki

Ichikawa Komazō III in the Role of Kameō with Iwai Kumesaburō in the Role of Kameō's Wife, Oyasu, from the Play Shunkan futatsu omokage

Ichikawa Komazō II (1764–1838) in the Role of Akaneya Hanshichi from the Play Hadesugata On'a Maiginu

Ichikawa Monnosuke II in a Shibaraku Performance

Ichikawa Danjūrō V in the Role of Shiromasu-baba

Nakamura Shikan IV as the Fishmonger Aratota

Nakamura Denkuro as Asaina no Saburo and Nakajima Kanzaemon as Soga no Gorō, Acting Out the Torn Armor Scene (Kusazuri-biki) in a Soga Play

The Actors

The Actors

Actors

Three Actors

Three Actors

Ichikawa Danjūrō I as Soga Gorō

Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play "Katakiuchi Noriyaibanashi"

Two Actors; a Scene from the Soga Play

Four Actors in Unidentified Roles

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon and Arashi Sangorō

The Actors Otani Tomoemon I and Bando Mitsugoro I

Three Actors in Beautiful Costumes Performing a Religious Dance

Two Actors Dressed in Ceremonial Costumes

The Actor, 3rd Sawamura Sojuro Holding an Open Fan

Three Actors on Stage: Kumagai Naozane

Actors in a Shosa (Combination of Acting and Dancing) Performance

Scene from a Drama: Matsumoto Koshiro I and Two Other Actors

Actor, Danjuro, Impersonating Murubashi Chuye

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo III and Nakamura Sukegoro II

The Actor, Arashi Otohachi, 1695–1769 in an Unidentified Role

The Actor, Matsumoto Koshiro I 1674–1730 Reading a Letter

An Actor's Boating Party on the Sumida River

Nine Prints Depicting Dual Portraits of Actors in Roles

Girls Entertained by Performers, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro I (right) 1660–1704 and Nakamura Denkuro II (left) 1719–1777 in Unidentified Roles

The Actors the Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro and the Arashi Sangoro

Two Actors in a Yari-odori, i.e. Spear Dance

Actor, Nakamura Shikan plays as Ootomo no Kuronushi, Onoe Taganojō plays as Kurosome no rei, from Tsumoru koiyuki no sekinoto

The Actor, Ichikawa Danjuro I, 1660–1704 as a Woman in Unidentified Role

The Actor, Matsumoto Koshiro I 1674–1730 in an Unidentified Role

Imaginary portrait, Shuihuzhuan of Stage: Tōryūdai (Mitate Suikoden Tōrōdai) - Actor, Ichikawa Danjūrō plays as Sanjō

Imaginary portrait, Shuihuzhuan of Stage: Tōryūdai (Mitate Suikoden Tōrōdai) - Actor, Bandō Hikozaburō plays as Nyūunryū

The Actors Sawamura Sōjūrō III holding Sword Aloft, and Arashi Shichigorō III as Fighting Heroes

Actor, Nakamura Shikan plays as Ootomo no Kuronushi, Onoe Taganojō plays as Kurosome no rei, from Tsumoru koiyuki no sekinoto

The Actors IV Iwai Hanshiro and I Bando Mitsugoro as Women Pilgrime in a shosa (Acting and Dancing) Performance

The Actor, Nakamura Shichisaburo II, 1703–1774 as a Woman with Fan

Act VII (Dai nanadanme): Actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Ōboshi Yuranosuke, Sawamura Tanosuke as Okaru, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chūshingura)

Four of the Five Actors Who Performed the Shosa "Gonen Otoko"

Two actors, from the series Musical Program of True Love (Ongyoku hiyoku no bangumi) 音曲比翼の番組

Act IX (Dai kudanme): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Ōboshi Rikiya and Bandō Kamezō I as Kakogawa Honzō, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chūshingura)

Act X (Dai jūdanme): Actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Ōboshi Yuranosuke, Bandō Kamezō I as Amakawaya Gihei, and Ichikawa Dannosuke V as His Wife (Nyōbō) Osono, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chūshingura)

Act VI (Dai rokudanme): Actors Bandō Hikosaburō as Hayano Kanpei and Sawamura Tanosuke as His Wife Okaru, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chūshingura)

Act III (Dai sandanme): Actors Bandō Hikosaburō V as Hayano Kanpei and Sawamura Tanosuke III as Koshimoto Okaru, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chūshingura)

Act XI (Dai jūichidanme): Actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Ōboshi Yuranosuke and Bandō Kamezō I as Kō no Moronao, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chūshingura)

Act VIII (Dai hachidanme): Actors Bandō Hikosaburō V as Honzō's Wife (Nyōbō) Tonase and Sawamura Tosshō II as His Daughter (Musume) Konami, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chūshingura)

Portrait of Sanjō Kantarō in the Female Role of Yaoya Oshichi in the Play "Fuji no Takane" ("The High Peak of Mount Fuji")

Scene from a Drama

Scene from the Drama "Shusse Taiheike," Performed at the Ichimura Theatre

Onoe Kikugoro (Right) as Soga no Goro; Ichimura Kamezo as Soga no Juro

The Sumo Wrestler Kurogumo Otozō with the Teahouse Waitress Naniwaya Okita

Osagawa Tsuneyo II as the hairdresser O-Roku

Bando Matataro as Umewomaru in the Drama "Sugewara denju tenarai Kagami"

Asao Jujiro as a Cake Seller and Ikushima Shingoro as Bushi (Samurai) Seated on the Peddler's Lacquer Box Containing His Wares

The Mogusa-uri Scene from the Drama "Chujo-hime Hibariyama," Performed at Yamamura-za

Ikushima Shingoro as a Bushi (Samurai) and Ogino Yaegiri as a Woman with A girl Attendant

Onoe Kikugorō in the role of Yaoya Oshichi and Nakamura Kiyosaburō as her lover the koshō (page) Kichisaburō

Scene from a Drama

Drama of Hikeyahike Kanhiki Dojoji

Danjurō V as Kakogawa Honzō with a Komuso Hat and a Flageolet

Danjuro V, in chain-mail

Ichikawa Danjuro V (1741–1806) with Sword and Fan

Scene from a Drama

Scene from a Play

Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Samurai of High Rank

The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Chinzei Hachiro in the Drama "Kite Kaeru nishiki no wakayagi"

Nakamura Nakazo I

The Third Segawa Kikunojō as Ochiyo and Bando Mitsugorō as Hanbei

The First Onoe Kikugoro as an Angry Man

The First Nakamura Tomijuro as a Woman Dancer

The Second Nakamura Juzo as a Samurai

Bando Mitsugoro in the role of Soga no Juro

The Ninth Ichimura Uzaemon in the role of Shunkan

The Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro as a Samurai

Ichikawa Danjuro Fifth as a Komuso Holding a Basket-Hat in His Right Hand

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro in the Role of Oboshi Yuranosuke

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman Dancing in a Shosa Act

The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Kudo Suketsune

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman in a Crouching Position

The Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro as a Man Standing on the Bank of a River

The First Nakamura Nakazo as a Rokuju-rokubu Standing at Night

The Second Ichikawa Yaozo as a Samurai Dressed in a Gaudy Kamishimo

The First Nakamura Nakazo as an Unarmed Man Standing in a Dramatic Pose

The Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro in the Role of Oboshi Yuranosuke

Arashi Sangoro as a Ronin Samurai Standing on the Bank

Onoe Matsusuke in the Role of Asahina in "Edo no Haru Meisho Soga"

The Third Segawa Kikunojō in the Role of Soga no Gorō Tokimune

The Third Ichikawa Yaozō as a Daimyo Standing Under a Maple Tree

The Second Yamashito Kinsaku as a Courtesan Standing in a Room

The Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro as an Otokodate Standing

The Second Yamashita Kinsaku in the Role of Shigenoi

The Second Ichikawa Monnosuke as a Man of High Rank Standing in the Snow

The Third Otani Hiroji as a Samurai of High Rank Standing in a Room

The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Kanshojo

Onoe Matsusuke as a Samurai of the Fujiwara Clan

The First Nakamura Nakazo as a Man of High Rank Attired in Naga-Bakama

The Second Segawa Tomisaburo as a Tall Courtesan Standing in a Room

The First Bando Mitsugoro as an Unarmed Man

The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of the Ghost of Shiragiku

The First Nakamura Nakazō in the Role of Shimada no Hachizō

The Second Ichikawa Monnosuke as an Unarmed Man

The Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro as an Outlaw Looking at a Wooden Ninsogaki

The Second Ichikawa Yaozo in the Role of Soga no Goro

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Man Standing

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as an Old Man with Long Gray Hair

The Second Nakamura Juzo as a Samurai of High Rank

The First Nakamura Nakazo as a Samurai Dressed in Kamishimo

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman Walking Toward the Right

Ichikawa Ebizo (the Fourth Ichikawa Danjuro) as a Samurai

The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Raigo Ajari, a Buddhist Monk

The Second Nakamura Sukegoro in the Role of Gokumon no Shobei

The First Nakamura Nakazo as the Yakko (Servant) Tobahei

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Court Noble (Kuge)

The Second Nakamura Sukegoro as a Man Entirely Nude Save for Loin Cloth

The Third Matsumoto Koshiro as a Samurai Standing

The First Nakamura Tomijuro as an Outlaw

Onoe Tamizo as a Woman Standing, Facing to the Right

The Third Otani Hiroji as a Daimyo Standing on the Engawa

The Fourth Ichikawa Danjuro in the Role of Ukishima Danjo

The Third Otani Hiroji as a Man Clothed Only with a Red Apron

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Samurai Attired in Ceremonial Kamishimo

The Fourth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Samurai of High Rank Standing

Arashi Sangoro as a Samurai Standing on the Veranda of a Great House

Scene From The Drama "Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe"

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Samurai of High Rank

The First Nakamura Nakazo as a Samurai Standing Near a Willow Tree

The Third Matsumoto Koshiro in the Role of Matsuomaru in "Sugawara"

The First Nakamura Nakazo as a Komuso Standing in the Snow by a Fence

The Second Nakajima Mihoemon as a Man Standing with Head Bent Forward

The Second Yamashita Kinsaku as a Woman Standing at Night

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

Three Niwaka Performers, Chasenuri, Kurokiri, and Saimon (Tea-whisk Seller, Firewood Seller, Shrine Festival Perfomer), from the “Geisha of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival” (Seiro Niwaka Onna Geisha)

Ichikawa Danjūrō V as Kūdo no Suketsune, and Nakamura Rikō as Oiso no Tora

Ichikawa Danzo IV in the Role of a Samurai

Segawa Tomisaburo in the Role of Musume Dojoji in "Hanagatami Kazaori Eboshi"

The Second Ichikawa Monnosuke in the role of Soga no Juro Sukenari

The Second Ichikawa Yaozo as a Samurai

The Fourth Ichikawa Danjuro in the Role of Yahei-byoe Munekiyo

Ichikawa Ebizō (Danjūrō V) in the Role of Mongaku Shonin Disguised as Yamagatsu from the Play Kin no Menuki Minamotoya Kakutsuba

Onoe Matsusuke as a Man Standing at Night at Yoshiwara

The First Ichikawa Komazo (who in 1772 became the fourth Matsumoto Koshiro) in the Role of Yoemon

The Second Segawa Kikunojō in the Role of Reizei in "Ima-o-sakari Suehiro Genji"

The First Ichikawa Komazo as a Man Standing beside a Building

Segawa Kikunojo II as a Girl and Ichikawa Tomiyeimon?

Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Role of Kiyohime in Musume Dōjōji (the Girl of Dōjōji)

Ichikawa Komazo I

Arashi Otohachi I

Nakamura Noshio II in the Role of Imayō uta Bikuni

The Second Bando Mitsugoro in the Role of Soga no Juro Sukenari

Katsuyama Matagoro as a Yane-chi Seated on a Straw Mat on the Tiled Roof of a House

Scene from a Drama "Hoshiai Nagoya" Performed at the Nakamura Theatre

The First Nakamura Denkuro and the First Otani Hiroemon in a Scene from a Soga Play

Theatrical Scene

Ichikawa Danjuro II in the Role of Soga Goro from the Play "Yanone"

Legendary Strongman Sakata Kinpira (Kintoki) Drinking Sake

Scene from a Drama

Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Tsurifune no Sabu

Drama of Areshi Soga

The Second Sawamura Sojuro in the Role of Ume no Yoshibei

The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Shimada no Hachizo

Ichimura Kamezo in the role of Ise no Saburo

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Man in Winter Apparel

The Third Ichikawa Yaozo in the Role of the Otokodate Sukeroku

Scene From the Drama "Hatsu-tori Kuruma Genji"

Mimasu Tokujuro as a Woman Standing Near a Winding Stream

The Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro as a Man Walking under an Umbrella

Scene from the Drama "Yuki-motsu-take Furisode Genji"

Scene From a Drama, Ichimura Kamezo as Hirano-ya Tokubei

The Second Yamashita Kinsaku in the Role of Onna Kusunoki

The Second Ichikawa Komazo as a Man standing in a Dramatic Attitude

The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Ko no Moronao

Second Ichikawa Danjuro after 1735

Arashi Ryuzo as a Tall Woman Standing on the Engawa

The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro as a Woman Standing Beneath a Cherry Tree

The Third Segawa Kikunojo in His Dressing Room

Osagawa Tsuneyo as a Woman Standing in a Room

The Third Bando Hikosaburo as a Man Standing on the Bank of a River

Scene from the Play Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees (Yoshitsune senbon zakura)

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as Hisamatsu Standing on the Bank

The Third Sawamura Sojuro in the Role of Shirai Gonpachi

Arashi Ryuzo as a Man Clad only in a Pale Blue Garment

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Samurai

Second Yamashita Kinsaku as a Woman Standing in a Room

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman Standing, Holding a Fan

The Third Otani Hiroji as a Wrestler

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Samurai

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman Standing in a Road

The Third Segawa Kikunojo in the Role of Oboshi Rikiya

The Second Nakamura Sukegoro as an Old Man

Nakayama Tomisaburo in the role of An no Oyasu

The Third Segawa Sojuro and the Third Segawa Kikunojo as Lovers

The Second Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Sadakuro in "Chushingura"

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as (?) Wife of Kudo Suketsune in a Soga Play

Onoe Matsusuke as a Kannen-Butsu or Mendicant Buddhist Monk

The Second Ichikawa Monnosuke as a Samurai Standing by a Wooden Bench

Onoe Matsusuke as a Servant Standing Beside a House

The Second Ichikawa Komazo in the Role of Yanekozo

The Fourth Imai Hanshiro in the Role O Hatsu in "Sakaicho Soga Nendaiki"

Ichimura Kamezo in the Role of Kanto Koroku

Onoe Matsusuke as a Man Standing on a Path through Rice Fields

Boys Maquerading as Daikoku and Ebisu

Ichimura Manzo as Yatsushi Goro and Segawa Kikujiro as Yatsushi Shosho

Scene from a Drama

Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of Okazaki Akushiro

Ichikawa Danjuro Fifth as Kyo no Jiro in Disguise as Dekuroku byoe the Stree Puppet-showman

Ichikawa Danjuro V in a Shibaraku Performance from the Play Mutsu no Hana no kata age

The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro as a Woman Holding a Crystal Ball and Dancing on the Bank of a Stream

The Ninth Ichimura Uzaemon in the Title Role of the Drama Nagoya Sanza

Uranosuke Plays Blind Man's Buff with the Women of the Ichiriki Joroya

Segawa Kikunojo III as a Woman Standing under a Maple Tree in the Autumn

The Fourth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Yakko (servant) seated upon a Large Cake of Mochi Prepared for the New Yer Celebration

To-no Sawa (Name of one of the hot springs at Hakone)

Ogino Isaburo as Asamajiro; Sanogawa Ichimatsu as Fujitaro

The Second Segawa Kikunojo in the Role of Tegoshi no Shosho

Ichimura Kamezo and Arashi Tomonosuke

The Second Segawa Sangoro in the Role of Kiyomihara Tengyoku

Bando Mitsugoro I in the Role of Asahina no Saburo, Drama "Sono Kyodai Fuji no Sugatami"

Scene from the Tenth Act of Chushingura

Iwai Hanshiro IV

Ichikawa Monosuke II as Soga no Juro Sukenari (?)

Nakamura Tomijuro as an Old Man with a Scanty Beard

Ichikawa Monosuke III in the Role of the Otokodate Sukeroku

Bando Mitsugoro II

Segawa Kikunojo III as a Samurai

Ichikawa Danjuro V

Ichikawa Monosuke II

Ichikawa Eibizo (Former Name: Danjuro V) in the Role of Iwafuji

Ichikawa Monnosuke as a Sarumawashi or Monkey Showman

Ichikawa Danjūrō V in a Shibaraku Performance

Segawa Kikunojo, in a Female Role

Ono no Dofu as a Young Man Watching a Frog Jumping at a Willow Branch

Ichikawa Kodanji as Seppu Shinsuke, Ichikawa Sadanji as Kishino Toshiaki, Ichikawa Danjūrō as Saijō Takamori, Onoe Kikugorō as Kurata Shinpachirō, Nakamura Chūtarō as Shōtarō, Onoe Kikunosuke as Magoichi, and Ichikawa Kōsaku as Tokumaru in the play Okige no kumo harau asa gochi

Onoe Matsusuke as Man Armed with a Sword, Standing in Snow before a Fence

Otani Hiroji as Kurofune Chiemon

Kayoi Komachi, from the series "Seven Elegant Episodes of the Poet Komachi" (Fūryū nanakomachi kayoi)

Scene from a Shosa Act

Bandō Hikosaburō III in the Role of Sugawara no Michizane

Bandō Minosuke (Mitsugorō III) in the Role of a Young Samurai

Scene of the Drama "Oakinai Hiru-ga-Koshima"

Scene from an Unidentified Drama

Theatrical Scene, with Musicians

Mizuki Kikusaburo as a Woman Standing near a Small Stream and Looking at a Wandering Puppet-showman Impersonated by Ichimura Takenojo (Later Known as the 8th Ichimura Uzaemon)

Program for Kawarazaki Theater

Nakamura Nakazo II as Matsuo-maru

Two Geisha

Scene from a Drama

Act I of the Drama "Sugawara"

Onoe Matsusuke as the Ghost of the Murdered Wife Oiwa, in "A Tale of Horror from the Yotsuya Station on the Tokaido Road"

Nakayama Tomisaburo in a Female Role

Arashi Otohachi I as a Famous Comedian

Hinazuru of Naka Ogi-ya as an Onna Jittoku

Yoshizawa Iroha as a Woman Standing on the Engawa of a House by a River

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Woman

Wild Words - a Play

Segawa Kikunojō III in the Role of Ōiso no Tora

Ichimura Takenojō V as Yukanba Kozō Kichiza, from A Modern Water Margin (Kinsei suikoden)

Scene from the Drama "Kashiwa-ga-Tōge Kichirei sumō"

Scene from a Drama: Ichimura Uzaemon as a Samurai

Yamashita Kinsaku II

Yamashita Kinsaku II

Segawa Kikunojo III

The Second Ishikawa Monosuke in the Role of Karigane Bunshichi

Ichikawa Monosuke II

Segawa Kikunojo III

Nakamura Rikō

Ichikawa Yaozo III

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman Standing in a Room Having a Wave-pattern Dado

Nakamura Utaemon III as Taira no Kiyomori

Scene from a Drama

Bando Hikosaburo as Hanaregoma Chokichi Holding His Black Horse

Danjuro as a Youth with a Toy Horse under Plum Blossoms

Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Suketsune, Richly Attired, Leaning on His Sword

The 2nd Yamashita Kinsaku in the Role of Tsukisayo

The Second Nakamura Sukegoro as a Samurai Carrying a Suzu

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman Standing in a Room

The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro in three roles of the shosa "Shichi Henge"

The First Nakamura Tomijuro as an Angry Woman Standing in a Room

The Third Ichikawa Yaozo and Mimasu Tokujiro

The Fourth Iwai Hanshirō as a Woman

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Kago Bearer Standing Near a Mile Post

The First Nakamura Tomijuro as an Oiran Standing in a Room

The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro as a Woman

The Second Nakamura Juzo as a Yakko

The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Chinzai Hachiro

The First Nakamura Tomijuro as a Woman

The Third Sawamura Sojuro as a Man Standing with Feet Spread Widely Apart

Mimasuya Sukejuro as a Samurai Attired in Kamishimo

Iwai Kiyotaro as a Woman Standing under a Plum Tree

The Third Ichikawa Yaozo in the Role of Otokodate Sukeroku

Otani Tomoemon (?) as a Peddler Trudging Through the Snow

The Third Sawamura Sojuro as a Man Standing in a Room

The Third Segawa Kikunojo in the Role of Maizuru

The Second Nakajima Mihoemon in the Role of Sadaijin Jihei

Nakayama Tatezo as a Courtesan Standing, Facing Toward the Left

Otani Hirohachi as a Samurai Dressed in a Gaudy Kamishimo

The 5th Ichikawa Danjuro in the Role of Yamauba

The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro as an Onnadate (Woman Kyokaku)

The Second Nakamura Sukegoro as an Outlaw

The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro as a Woman Standing under a Torii

Wakayama Tomisaburo as a Woman in a Yellow and Red-Brown Striped Kimono

Yoshizawa Iroha as a Woman (Tomoe Gozen?) Standing on the Bank

Ichikawa Bennosuke as a Man in Komuso Attire

The Second Ichikawa Komazo as a Boatman Standing on the Deck of a Barge

The Eighth Morita Kanya in the Role of Oboshi Yuranosuke

The Second Ichikawa Yaozo as a Samurai Standing in the Snow

The Third Otani Hiroemon as an Otokodate Seated Upon an Inverted Tub

Scene From the Second Act of the Drama "Kawaranu Hana Sakae Hachinoki"

The Second Ichikawa Yaozo as a Wrestler Standing in an Arena

The First Nakamura Tomijuro in the Role of Izaemon

The Third Sawamura Sojuro & the Second Ichikawa Monnosuke as Buddhist Monks

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Courtesan Standing in the Snow

The First Nakamura Nakazo as Warrior Disguised as a Rokubu

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as Kisou Takiguchi

The Second Sakata Hangoro as a Daimyo Attired in a Kamishimo

Onoe Tamizo as a Samurai Woman

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman

Nakamura Riko in the Role of Oiso no Tora

The First Nakamura Sukegoro in the Role of Ōmi Kotōda in "Kiku wa Mukashi Soga-monogatari"

The Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro as a Man Dressed in a Short Kimono

Scene from the Third Act of Chushingura between Okaru, Kanbei, and Bannai

Sanogawa Ichimatsu in the Role of Otsuru

Scene from a Drama

Scene from a Play

Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kanto Koroku and Yamamura Ichitaro as Oichi

Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Warrior Mounted on a Dapple Gray Horse

Scene from the Drama "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji"

Nakamura Riko as Richly Clad Courtesan Standing in a Room

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (1791–1859) in the Role of Konoshita Tokichi from the Scene "Mountain Gate" in the Play Yakko Yakko Edo Hanayari

The Dance of the Beach Maidens from the series Brocade of the East

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Konoshita Tokichi, Nakamura Daikichi as His Wife, and Iwai Hanshiro V as Masago in the Play Yakko Yakko Edo no Hanayari

Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of Kagekiyo in the Play Enlightenment from a Series of Portraits of Danjūrō

Nakamura Utaemon IV as Danshichi Kurobei

Ōtani Hiroemon in the role of Gokumon no Shobei

The Second Ichikawa Yaozo as a Man Standing with His Arms Crossed

Scene from the Drama "Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu"

The First Nakamura Nakazo as an Unarmed Man Standing Near the Engawa

The Second Nakamura Sukegoro as an Otokodate Seated on a Wooden Bench

The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro as a Young Girl Standing by a Wooden Bench

Children Play-acting a Daimyo Procession

The Third Sawamura Sojūrō in the Role of Soga no Jūrō

Parody of the Noh Play "Hakurakuten"

Portrait of Ichimura Takenojō and Sanjō Kantarō

Parody of the Legend of Xu You and Chao Fu

Ichikawa Omezō as Tomita Hyōtarō and Ōtani Oniji III as Ukiyo Tohei

Sawamura Sojuro III as Nagoya Sanza

Ichikawa Danjuro VI as Funa Bansaku,son of Fuwa Banzayemon

Morita Kanya VIII as Kawachi Kanja, Disguised as Genkaibo

Bandō Mitsugorō II as the Farmer Asakusa no Jirōsaku

Ichikawa Ebizo IV in the role of Takemura Sadanoshin

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”

Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

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Onoe Kikugorō as Tonase, from Kanadehon Chūshingura (Kanadehon Chūshingura, Shosei Onoe Kikugorō no Tonase)

Ichimura Takenojo VIII

Segawa Kikunojō II as a Woman Standing

Bandō Hikosaburō II Dressed as a Komuso and Carrying the Flute and Hat

Sanjō Kantarō as a Woman Arranging Her Hair Before a Lacquer Mirror

Sanokawa Ichimatsu I in Grayish Blue and Rose Walking Toward the Left

Ichikawa Danjuro V in a Shibaraku Role

Uchikawa Bosetsu

Sagawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Katsuragi,and Sawamura Sojuro

Scene from the Play "Keisei Kaneni Sakura"

Sawamura Tosshō II (1838–86), from the series Mirror of Photographs Backstage (Shashin gakuya kagami - Sawamura Tosshō nisei)

Crabs Near the Water's Edge

Palindromic Poems (Kaibunka): Osaka

Hodogaya

Three Heroes of the Water Margin Capture the Bandit Queen Ichijōsei, from the series One Hundred Eight Heroes of the Theater Suikoden

Six Jewel Rivers from Various Provinces

Palindromic Poems (Kaibunka): Edo

Picking Clams

The Actors Mimasu Daigorō IV as Umako Daijin (right), Ichikawa Ebizō V as Umaya Daijin (center), and Jitsukawa Ensaburō as Prince Shōtoku (left)

Portrait of Arashi Kichizaburō III (1810–1864) in the Role of Baiōmaru

Self-Portrait of Danjuro VII in a Shibaraku Performance

Pictures of Ten Styles (Jittaiga Fuzoku): A Young Woman with a Dog

Woman in Red

The Curfew at Dōjōji

Dressing Room for Musicians at a Theater (Shitakubeya)

The Courtesan Kotozuru of the Tsuruya Brothel as an Asazuma Boat Prostitute (Tsuruya Kotozuru-dayū Asazuma-bune), from the series Costume Parade of the Shinmachi Quarter in Osaka (Ōsaka Shinmachi nerimono)

The Courtesan Miyo of the Izutsuya Brothel as a Tea Whisk Vendor, from the series Costume Parade of the Shimanouchi District in Osaka (Naniwa Shimanouchi nerimono, Hachitataki Izutsuya Miyo)

Scene from a Drama

Scene from a Drama

Scene from a Drama

Scene from a Drama

Scene from a Drama

Scene from a Drama

Scene from a Drama

Scene from the "Chushingura" Drama

Chuban of the Chushingura Drama

A Fox Dance from the Drama The Thousand Cherry Trees

Scene from the Drama "Matsu wa tai fusuma no wakesato"

Scene from a Drama, probably "Musume Dojoji"

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Landing-stage in the Snow (Yuki no sanbashi)

The Lovers Miura-ya Komurasaki and Shirai Gonpachi.

Night Rain at Karasaki

Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge

Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge

Ichikawa Danjūrō IX in the Role of the Monk Mongaku from the Play "Mongaku Kanjincho"

Nihonbashi in Edo (Edo Nihonbashi), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Nakahara in Sagami Province (Sōshū Nakahara), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Sunshower at Nihonbashi

The Watchers and the Watched

Sudden Shower at Shōno, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Spring Rain at Tsuchiyama, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō