The actors Ichikawa Tomiemon (R) as Kanisaka Toma and Sanogawa Ichimatsu III (L) as the Gion Prostitute Onayo

The actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III as the Gion prostitute Onayo in the play "Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga," performed at the Miyako Theater in the fifth month, 1794

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The Actors Otani Tomoemon I as Emohei (right), and Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as Sanada Yoichi (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

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The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Karigane Obun, Nakayama Tomisaburo I as An no Oyasu, Iwai Kiyotaro II as Kaminari no Osha, Nakayama Tatezo I as Gokuin no Osen, and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Hotei no Oichi (right to left), in "Gonin Onna," Scene One of the Play Waka Murasaki Edokko Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1792

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Actors Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Soga Jūrō and Segawa Kikunojō I as the Courtesan Takamado

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The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Karigane Bunshichi, Bando Mitsugoro I as An no Heibei, Ichikawa Danjuro V as Gokuin Sen'emon, Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro, and Sakata Hangoro II as Hotei Ichiemon (right to left), in "Gonin Otoko" (Five Chivalrous Commoners), an Interlude in Part Two of the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga (A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day in the Pleasure District), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Second Month, 1780

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The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro II as Kumasaka Chohan, Ichimura Kamezo I as Ise no Saburo, and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ushiwakamaru in the play "Hatsu Tora Kurama Genji," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1749

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The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Munesada, Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Sumizome, and Nakamura Nakazo I as Sekibei, in the play "Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To," performed at the Kiri Theater in the eleventh month, 1784

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The Actors Otani Ryuzaemon II as Kajiwara Genta and Arashi Tominosuke I as Oiso no Tora in the play "Tamagushi Yosooi Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1747

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Actors Ichikawa Ebizō V in a quick costume change as Shizuma Ishitarō (R) and Shōgun Tarō Yoshikado (C) and Iwai Tojaku as Oyama, a woman of lowly birth (L)

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Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō II, Fujimura Handayū II, Katsuyama Matagorō, and Sanogawa Mangiku

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The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as Yatsurugi Zaemon (center), and Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi (left), In the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

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The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Yokambei (right), Nakamura Tomijuro I as Kuzunoha (center), and Bando Mitsugoro I as Yakambei (left), in the Last Scene from the Play Shinodazuma (The Wife from Shinoda Forest), Performed as a Supplement to the Play Kikyo-zome Onna Urakata (Female Diviner in Deep Violet), at the Morita Theater from the Ninth Day of the Ninth Month, 1776

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