The Actors Yamashita Mangiku and Otani Hiroji lll, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life

The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I in an Unidentified Role

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The Actors Yamashita Mangiku, Iwai Hanshiro IV, and Iwai Kumesaburo from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers

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The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I and Azuma Tozo, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life

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The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1782

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Actors Yamashita Kinsaku IV as Kumagai's wife Sagami (R) and Nakamura Shikan II as Kumagai Jirō Naozane (L)

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

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The actors Ichikawa Omezo I (R) as Tomita Hyotaro and Otani Oniji III (L) as Kawashima Jibugoro

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Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Mino no Shōkurō, Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Gantetsu, actually Miura Arajirō, and Nakamura Karoku I as the Courtesan Hinazuru, actually Shōkurō’s wife Kochō

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The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Osan in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

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The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I and a geisha, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life

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Ichikawa Monnosuke II, Onoe Matsusuke at a Teahouse

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

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