Actors in a scene from the play The Story of Cherry Blossoms on Higashiyama (Higashiyama sakura zōshi): Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Ashikaga Yoshimasa kō, Azuma Ichinojō I as Kashitsuki Sugibae (right sheet), Onoe Kikujirō II as Besshitsu Fuji no kata (center sheet), unidentified actor as Koshimoto Kodemari, and Iwai Kumesaburō III as Ashikaga Jirō no kimi (left sheet)

Actors in a scene from the play The Story of Cherry Blossoms on Higashiyama (Higashiyama sakura zōshi): Onoe Kikujirō II as Besshitsu Fuji no kata (center sheet)

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Actors in a scene from the play The Story of Cherry Blossoms on Higashiyama (Higashiyama sakura zōshi): Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Ashikaga Yoshimasa kō, Azuma Ichinojō I as Kashitsuki Sugibae (right sheet)

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Actors in a scene from the play The Story of Cherry Blossoms on Higashiyama (Higashiyama sakura zōshi): unidentified actor as Koshimoto Kodemari, and Iwai Kumesaburō III as Ashikaga Jirō no kimi (left sheet)

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Actors Azuma Ichinojō I as Sugibae, Onoe Kikujirō II as Fuji no Kata (R); Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Lord Higashiyama Yoshimasa, Bandō Tamasaburō II as Koshimoto Tamanae (C); Iwai Kumesaburō III as Jirō Kaja, Morita Kan'ya XI as Saga no Kōshitsu (L)

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Actors Onoe Kikujirō II as Fuji no Kata, Nakayama Ichizō I as Yamana Sōzen (R), and Iwai Kumesaburō III as Jirō Kaja and Azuma Ichinojō I as Sugibae (L)

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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 Actors Ichikawa Yaozo II as Yoshimine no Munesada (right), Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shizuya (center), and Nakamura Matsue I as Sakuragi (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

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The Actors Sakakiyama Sangoro as the page boy Kichisaburo and Segawa Kikunojo II as Oshichi in the play "Hatsugai Wada no Sakamori," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1759

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The Actors Arashi Otohachi I as Fukakusa no Shosho, Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Ariwara no Yukihira, and Nakamura Matsue I as Murasame in the play "Kisoe Uta Sakae Komachi," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1762

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Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kajiwara Genta no Kagetoki (Left), Segawa Kikunojô II as Yuki Onna (Center), and Arashi Sangorô II as Minamoto no Yoritomo (Right) in “Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums” (“Miyoto-giku Izu no kisewata”)

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The Actors Nakamura Sukegoro II as Matano no Goro (right), Onoe Kikugoro I as Soga no Taro (center), and Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

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The Actors Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo (right), Segawa Kikunojo II as Yuki Onna (center), and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kajiwara Genta no Kagetoki, in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

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