Five Men Doing the Work of Ten Bodies (Gonin jushin no hataraki)

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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Five Musicians (Gonin bayashi)

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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IV as Sukeroku playing a game of kubiki (neck-pulling) with actors as Five Chivalrous Commoners

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Actor Bandō Shūka I as Inuzaka Keno

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Actors Bandō Shūka I as Inuzuka Shino (T) and Seki Sanjūrō III as Inukai Genpachi (B)

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Actors Segawa Kikunojô III as Yasukata and Iwai Hanshirô IV as Utôin Performing a Hobbyhorse Dance (Harugoma odori) in “The Fifth Genji Mitsugi’s Robe (“Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode”)

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Actors Bandō Takesaburō I as Men'oshidori no Sei (L), Nakamura Fukusuke I as Oshidori no Sei (C), and Bandō Kamezō I as Shimizu no Kanja Yoshitaka (R)

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Skeletons at Play [left of a pair]

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Act XI

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Act 11, Part 1: The Approach to the Night Attack (Juichidanme ichi, yochi oshiyose), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

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Tenth Act

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Pentaptych: Series of Five Actors

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