The Lovers Okiku and Kozuke (from the series An Elegant Comparison of Charming Features)

Two Lovers, Oshichi and Kichisaburo

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The Actors Onoe Kikugoro III (right) as Shirokiya Okoma and Matsumoto Koshiro V (left) as her lover Saiza

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The Actors Nakamura Kiyosaburo I as Okiku and Ichimura Kamezo I as Kosuke in the play "Hiyoku no Kagamon," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the seventh month, 1751

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Husband and Wife, from Selections from the Brocade Quarter (E-awase kingaishō)

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Lovers Plying a Rooster with Sake

Minneapolis Institute of Art

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

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Seijuro (right) and Onatsu (left), in the Elopement Scene "Michiyuki Hiyoku no Kiku-cho" (An Elopemet: Chrysanthemum-and-Butterfly Lovebirds), a Dance Interlude from Part Two of the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga (Flower of Kabuki: The Eternal Soga), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twenty-fifth Day of the Fourth Month, 1781

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The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okume (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Koshiba Yukienojo Disguised as the Eboshi Seller Rokusaburo (left), in the Play Katakiuchi Adana Kashiku, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1779

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Seven Great Osaka Actors in Favorite Roles

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Maize and Cockscombs

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Lovers Under a Single Umbrella

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Five Women Who Loved Love (Koshoku gonin onna), Vol. 4

Harvard Art Museums