The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sukeroku (R) and Onoe Kikugoro III as the white sake peddler Shinbei (L) in the play "Yukari no Edo-zakura"

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

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The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo (Sugawara Michizane) and Segawa Kikunojo V as Umeomaru in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the ninth month, 1832

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Actors Ichikawa Kodanji as Seppu Shinsuke, Ichikawa Sadanji as Kishino Toshiaki, Ichikawa Danjūrō IX 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

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Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Narukami Shōnin, Arashi Kichisaburō III as Hakuunbō, Ōtani Tomoemon IV as Kokuunbō, Ichikawa Kuzō II as Sekiunbō, Ichikawa Komazō VII as Seiunbō, Bandō Shuka I as Kumo no Taema

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The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Miyukinosuke, Segawa Kikunojo III as Hatsune-hime, and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ninnaji no Saibei, in the joruri "Shitenno Oe no Yamairi," performed at the Kiri Theater in the eleventh month, 1785

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The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Onio Shinzaemon and Onoe Kikugoro I as the courtesan Usugumo in the play "Nanakusa Wakayagi Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1744

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Right-Hand Page: The Actors Bando Hikosaburo III as Soga no Goro (right), and Segawa Kikunojo IV as Onna Asahina (left), in the Play Ume-goyomi Akebono Soga; Left-hand Sheet: The Actors Onoe Matsusuke I as Furugori Shinzaemon (left), and Ichikawa Danjuro V and Kagekiyo (right) in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1780

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The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI as Sukeroku in the play "Omiura Date no Nebiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1799

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The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Miura Kunitae (right), Segawa Kikunojo III as Yasukata (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Utou (left), in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1782

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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VI as Ono Sadakurō

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The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the ghost of Yatsuhashi, Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, and Ichikawa Danjuro V as the ghost of Seigen, in the play "Sono Omokage Matsu ni Sakura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1783

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kenkaya Gorouemon and Segawa Kikunojo I as Osen in the play "Hatsugoyomi Akinai Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1732

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