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

Actors Bandō Hikosaburō V as Tōma Saburōemon (R), Sawamura Tosshō II as Hayase Iori (C), and Ōtani Tomoemon V as Adachi Motoemon (L)

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Actors Bandō Hikosaburō V as Oda Harunaga (R), Sawamura Tosshō II as Mori Ranmaru (C), and Kataoka Gadō as Koretō Mitsuhide (L)

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The Actors Segawa Kichiji II as Okichi, Bando Hikosaburo II as Shuntokumaru, and Onoe Kikugoro I as Sagizaka Bannai in the play "Yura Sengen Tsuki no Minato," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth month, 1754

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The Actors Segawa Kikunojo II as Itsuki and Bando Hikosaburo II as Oyamada Taro in the play "Taiheiki Shizunome Furisode," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1767

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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 Ichimura Tamagashiwa I as Iwaki Hime, Murayama Heiemon III as Katsuta Jiro, and Katsuyama Matagoro as Minamoto no Yoshiie in the play "Yoroi Kurabe Oshu Kogane," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1716

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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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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 Nakamura Denkuro II as Seno-o Taro, Ichikawa Komazo II as Yorimasa, Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Kiyomori, and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kiou Takiguchi (right to left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

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The Actors Bando Hikosaburo II as Watanabe no Tsuna and Matsumoto Tomijuro as Hakamadare no Yasusuke in the play "Furitsumu Hana Nidai Genji," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1765

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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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The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo I as Miura Osuke, Ichikawa Danjuro lV as Okazaki Akushiro, and Nakamura Sukegoro I as Kato Arajiro in the play "Miura no Osuke Bumon no Kotobuki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1754

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