Actors Arashi Rikan III as Hanaregoma Chōkichi (R) and Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Nuregami Chōgorō (L)

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IV as Sukeroku playing a game of kubiki (neck-pulling) with actors as Five Chivalrous Commoners

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Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Narukami Shōnin, Arashi Kichisaburō III as Hakuunbō, Ōtani Tomoemon IV as Kokuunbō, Ichikawa Kuzō II as Sekiunbō, Ichikawa Komazō VII as Seiunbō, Bandō Shuka I as Kumo no Taema

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The actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Matsugae Matonosuke and Ichikawa Komazo VII as Nikki Danjo in the play "Konoshita Kage Masago no Datezome," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1855

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Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Eboshiori Motome (R) and Iwai Kumesaburō III as Princess Tachibana (L)

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Arashi Rikan II as Danshichi Kurōbei in "Mirror of Naniwa: The Summer Festival"

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Actors Ichikawa Danzō IV as Shundō Jirōemon and Morita Kan'ya VIII as Takaichi Buemon

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Arashi Rikan II as Kizu Kansuke and Nakayama Bunshichi III as Hayashi Sanzemon from the Kabuki Play "Eight Views of the Kizu River by Boating Song"

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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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Actor Arashi Rikaku II as Sakura Tōgorō and an unidentified actor as Inaba no Kiemon

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The Actors Ichikawa Danzo IV as Arakawa Taro Takesada Disguised as the Palanquin Bearer Tarobei (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Abe no Sadato Disguised as the Pilgrim Kuriyagawa Jirodayu (left), in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1782

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The Actors Arashi Koroku I as Makomo no Mae and Ichikawa Uzaemon VIII as Taira no Koremochi in the play "Shusse Momijigari," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1747

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The Actors Nakajima Mihoemon II as Aramaki Mimishiro (right), Matsumoto Koshiro II as Otomo no Yamanushi (center), and Ichikawa Danzo III as Hannya no Goro (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

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