Nakamura Tomijuro and Nakamura Shichisaburo II as the Lovers Agemaki and Sukeroku

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a courtesan (right) and Sawamura Sojuro III as Oyamada Taro (?) disguised as Tarosaku of Oyamada Village (left) in the play "Azuma no Mori Sakae Kusunoki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1779

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The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Soga no Goro Tokimune Disguised as Agemaki no Sukeroku in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1782

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The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as a Pilgrim (left), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu (right), in the "Silent Encounter" Scene (Dammari) from the End of Part One of the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka (Returning Home in Splendor), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1780

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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 Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hige no Ikyu, Nakamura Riko as Agemaki, and Ichikawa Ebizo as Agemaki's attendant in the play "Sukeroku Yukari no Edozakura" at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1784

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The Actors Nakamura Takesaburo as Shikishi Naishinno and Tsuruya Nanboku as Gengoro in the play "Tategami Teika Kazura," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1719

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The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Senjiro disguised as Kichisaburo and Nakamura Tomijuro I as Oshichi in the joruri "Midaregami Yoru no Amigasa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1742

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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 Nakamura Tomijuro II as the wet nurse Shigenoi and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Jinenjo no Sankichi in the play "Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1854

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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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Actors Bandō Hikosaburō V as Suke no Tsubone (R), Sawamura Tosshō II as Minamoto Yoshitsune (C), and Ōtani Tomoemon V as Shinchūnagon Taira Tomomori

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The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo II as Kujaku no Saburo, Matsumoto Koshiro II as Hata no Daizen Taketora, Nakajima Mihoemon II as Aramaki Mimishiro, and Nakamura Shocho I as Ki no Tsurayuki (right to left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

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