Actors as Genroku, Otsuma, and Shokuro, from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes

Actors as Fujisawa Shiro, Asari Yoichi, and Hangaku, from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes

Art Institute of Chicago

The actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo

Art Institute of Chicago

Actors as Fukashichi and Omiwa from the play "Imoseyama," from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes

Art Institute of Chicago

Weather Clearing at Hirokoji: Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Ushiwara Denji

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Actors Nakamura Tsuruzō I, Kataoka Nizaemon VIII, Kataoka Jūzō I, Ichikawa Shinsha I, Nakamura Enjaku, Nakamura Shikan IV, and Arashi Hinasuke VII

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Otani Tokuji I as the Retainer Sodesuke in "Flowering Irises: A Soga Vendetta of the Bunroku Era"

Cleveland Museum of Art

Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I (Ichikawa Danjūrō IX) in the role of Jiraiya

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ichikawa Ebijūrō II as Horiguchi Manzaemon (right), Arashi Rikan II as Kizu Kansuke, Nakayama Bunshichi III as Hayashi Sanzemon (center), and Asao Gakujurō as the Ferryman Sanjūrō (left) from the Kabuki Play "Eight Views of the Kizu River by Boating Song"

Cleveland Museum of Art

Actors Ichikawa Kuzō II, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII, Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I, and playwright Sakurada Jisuke III

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Actors Ichikawa Danzō VI, Ichikawa Ichizō III, Onoe Waichi II, Ichikawa Dannosuke V, Sawamura Tanosuke III, and Asao Yoroku II

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Night Rain at Hara Garden: Actor Iwai Shijaku II as Kumasaka Ochō

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe Suetake, Onoe Matsusuke I as Usui Sadamitsu, and Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna in “The Four Heavenly Kings Costumed as the Night Watch”

Cleveland Museum of Art