The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Hata Rokurozaemon Disguised as the Samurai's Manservant (Yakko) Igaguri Hanehei (left), and Nakamura Noshio I as the Lady-in-Waiting Koto no Naishi (right), in the Dance Sequence "Sodegasa Momiji no Tekuda" (Umbrella Sleeves: Coquettish Tricks at Maple Time), from the Fourth Act of the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki (The War Tale Taiheiki: With Din and Clamor of Battle), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Nagasaki Kageyuzaemon Disguised as Gorohachi the Sake Seller, in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as an Itinerant Monk in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Toyose Saburozaemon Kageaki in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777

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The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Taira no Masakado Disguised as Otomo no Kuronushi (?) or Sugawara Micihizane (?) in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga (?) or Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the First or Fifth Month, 1775 (?)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Yakko Nakahei Disguised as Miura Arajiro (?) from the Play Ise Heishi Eigo no Koyomi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1782 (?)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Tezuka no Taro Mitsumori Disguised as the Monkey Trainer Tonkichi Tochibei, in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1769

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kusunoki Masayuki Disguised as Uji no Joetsu, in the Play Go Taiheiki Shirishi-banashi, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fourth Month, 1780

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Tomomori Disguised as Tokaiya Gimpei, in the Play Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fourth Month, 1777

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The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Onmaya Kisanda Dressed as Kakubei the Lion Dancer (Kakubei-jishi) (right) and Segawa Kikunojo III as Shizuka Gozen (left), in the Dance Sequence "Myoto-zake Kawaranu Nakanaka" (Everlasting Harmony of the Marital Cup), from the Second Part of the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune (Heavenly Child—The Fox Leaps Through the Shrine Gate), Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Abe no Sadato (?) in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1778 (?)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Prince Takahiro in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778

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The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Kiyomori (right), and Yamashita Kinsaku II as Tokiwa Gozen (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

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