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Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as the tobacconist Sankichi (三吉) in the play <i>Keisei Somewake Tazuna</i>
import 1834 Shunkei arashi rik
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as the tobacconist Sankichi (三吉) in the play Keisei Somewake Tazuna

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Fuwa Banzaemon (不破伴左衛門) - from the play <i>Monogusa Tarō</i> [物ぐさ太郎]
import-1830s Sadanobu
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Fuwa Banzaemon (不破伴左衛門) - from the play Monogusa Tarō [物ぐさ太郎]

Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) as an <i>onnagata</i> probably playing Shizuka Gozen with a hand drum covered with the skins of Fox Tadanobu's parents
1846-52c Kunisada II phoenix
Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) as an onnagata probably playing Shizuka Gozen with a hand drum covered with the skins of Fox Tadanobu's parents

Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Shōji Tetsuno Ichizō (庄司畷の一三) on the left, Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) as Asahina Saburo Yoshihide (下り朝ひな三郎義秀) and Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若?) as Shiorite (しをりて) on the right - from <i>Asahina shima meguri no ki</i> (朝夷巡島記)
1840s Sadanobu shin kyogen
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Shōji Tetsuno Ichizō (庄司畷の一三) on the left, Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) as Asahina Saburo Yoshihide (下り朝ひな三郎義秀) and Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若?) as Shiorite (しをりて) on the right - from Asahina shima meguri no ki (朝夷巡島記)

Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Higuchi Jirō (桶口次郎) in the play <i>Hiragana seisuki</i> [ひらかな盛衰記]
1840c Kuniyoshi tree.jpg
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Higuchi Jirō (桶口次郎) in the play Hiragana seisuki [ひらかな盛衰記]

Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (八代目市川団十郎) as the White-pawed monkey (Tejiro no saru - 手白ノ猿) and Ichikawa Shinnosuke III (市川新之助) as the small monkey (小ざる) - center panel of a triptych of the dance play <i>Hana to Mimasu Itoshitsu no Moji</i> [花三升恋いの字]
1839 Kunisada danjuro shinnosu
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (八代目市川団十郎) as the White-pawed monkey (Tejiro no saru - 手白ノ猿) and Ichikawa Shinnosuke III (市川新之助) as the small monkey (小ざる) - center panel of a triptych of the dance play Hana to Mimasu Itoshitsu no Moji [花三升恋いの字]

Bandō Jutarō I (坂東寿太郎) as Lady Iwafuji (局岩ふじ) on the right, Nakamura Tomijūrō II (中村富十郎) as the Servant Ohatsu (お初), and Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) as Chūrō Onoe (中老尾上) on the left in the play <i>Mirror Mountain: A Woman's Treasury of Loyalty</i> (Kagamiyama Kokyō no Nishikie)
1838 Sadanobu kanji triptych
Bandō Jutarō I (坂東寿太郎) as Lady Iwafuji (局岩ふじ) on the right, Nakamura Tomijūrō II (中村富十郎) as the Servant Ohatsu (お初), and Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) as Chūrō Onoe (中老尾上) on the left in the play Mirror Mountain: A Woman's Treasury of Loyalty (Kagamiyama Kokyō no Nishikie)

Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) in multiple roles from the series <i>Renowned Dance of Seven Changes</i> (<i>Onagori shosagoto nanabake shichihenge no uchi</i> - 御名残所作事七変化之内)
1838 sadanobu a set of four Na
Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) in multiple roles from the series Renowned Dance of Seven Changes (Onagori shosagoto nanabake shichihenge no uchi - 御名残所作事七変化之内)

Onoe Tamizō II as the <i>chigo</i> or young temple page Sutewakamaru (児捨若丸) from the play <i>Keisei Chigo Ga Fuchi</i>
1836 Tsunemaru onoe tamizo II
Onoe Tamizō II as the chigo or young temple page Sutewakamaru (児捨若丸) from the play Keisei Chigo Ga Fuchi

Onoe Kikugorō III (三代目尾上菊五郎) as the ghost of Oiwa (お岩亡霊) in <i>Yotsuya Kaidan</i> (四谷怪談)
1836 Kuniyoshi Kikugoro Oiwa
Onoe Kikugorō III (三代目尾上菊五郎) as the ghost of Oiwa (お岩亡霊) in Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談)

Nakamura Tōzō III as Iwase Kibunta and Nakamura Utaemon III as Jiraiya on the left in the play <i>Yaemusubi Jiraiya Monogatari</i> [柵自来也談] - 'The story of Jiraiya at the weir'
1835c Shigeharu actors rain
Nakamura Tōzō III as Iwase Kibunta and Nakamura Utaemon III as Jiraiya on the left in the play Yaemusubi Jiraiya Monogatari [柵自来也談] - 'The story of Jiraiya at the weir'

Ichikawa Hakuen II (市川白猿) as Saeda Masazaemon (早枝政右衛門)
1835c Hokushū hakuen
Ichikawa Hakuen II (市川白猿) as Saeda Masazaemon (早枝政右衛門)

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Ju-unryū Kōsonshō (入雲龍公孫勝) from <i>108 Heroes of the Theater Suikoden</i> (<i>Shibai Suikoden Hykuhachinin no uchi</i> - 戯場水滸伝百八人之内)
1835c Hokuei suikoden Utaemon
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Ju-unryū Kōsonshō (入雲龍公孫勝) from 108 Heroes of the Theater Suikoden (Shibai Suikoden Hykuhachinin no uchi - 戯場水滸伝百八人之内)

The far left panels of a four panel composition: Nakamura Tomijūrō II (中村富十郎) as Gion Okaji (ぎおんおかじ) and Bandō Jūtarō I (坂東寿太郎) as Saitō Kuranosuke (斎藤蔵之助) - these are the two left panels of a tetraptych - from the play <i>Keisei chigogafuchi</i>  (The Chigogafuchi Pool - けいせい稚児淵)
1835c Hokuei lantern diptych
The far left panels of a four panel composition: Nakamura Tomijūrō II (中村富十郎) as Gion Okaji (ぎおんおかじ) and Bandō Jūtarō I (坂東寿太郎) as Saitō Kuranosuke (斎藤蔵之助) - these are the two left panels of a tetraptych - from the play Keisei chigogafuchi (The Chigogafuchi Pool - けいせい稚児淵)

Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Inuzuka Shino (犬塚信乃) on the right and Seki Sanjūrō II (關三十郎) as Inuzuka Bansaku (犬塚伴作) from the play <i>Hana no ani tsubomi no yatsufusa</i> (花魁莟八総 - '8 Buds of the Plum Blossoms')
1835c Hokuei Kabuki.jpg
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Inuzuka Shino (犬塚信乃) on the right and Seki Sanjūrō II (關三十郎) as Inuzuka Bansaku (犬塚伴作) from the play Hana no ani tsubomi no yatsufusa (花魁莟八総 - '8 Buds of the Plum Blossoms')

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Tonbei, the ferryman at Yaguchi (<i>Yaguchi no Watashimori</i> - 矢口ノ渡し守頓兵衛) - left-hand panel of a diptych from the play <i>Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi</i> (神霊矢口渡)
1835c Hokuei diceman
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Tonbei, the ferryman at Yaguchi (Yaguchi no Watashimori - 矢口ノ渡し守頓兵衛) - left-hand panel of a diptych from the play Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡)

Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Yakko no Koman (奴の小まん) standing and Bandō Hikosaburō IV (坂東彦三郎) as Hanjimono Kihei (はんじ判喜兵衛) in <i>Contest of Appearances, Quarrel at the Harbor</i> [<i>Sugata kuabe deiri no minato</i> 容競出入湊]
1835ca Hokushu actors
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Yakko no Koman (奴の小まん) standing and Bandō Hikosaburō IV (坂東彦三郎) as Hanjimono Kihei (はんじ判喜兵衛) in Contest of Appearances, Quarrel at the Harbor [Sugata kuabe deiri no minato 容競出入湊]

Three heroes of the Water Margin capture the bandit queen Ichijōsei (<i>108 Heroes of the Theatre Suikoden</i> - <i>Shibai Suikoden Hykuhachinin no uchi</i> - 戯場水滸伝百八人之内) - a <i>mitate</i> tetraptych
1835ca Hokuei suikoden
Three heroes of the Water Margin capture the bandit queen Ichijōsei (108 Heroes of the Theatre Suikoden - Shibai Suikoden Hykuhachinin no uchi - 戯場水滸伝百八人之内) - a mitate tetraptych

Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) in the role of Hirai Gonpachi (平井権八) in the play <i>Hiyokumon Sato no Nishiki-e</i> (双紋廓錦絵) or <i>A brocade picture of lovers' crests in the pleasure quarters</i>
1835 Shigeharu rikan II arigat
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) in the role of Hirai Gonpachi (平井権八) in the play Hiyokumon Sato no Nishiki-e (双紋廓錦絵) or A brocade picture of lovers' crests in the pleasure quarters

Four actors performing in a <i>mitate</i>: Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Tsujikaze Hachihei (辻風八平) on the far right, to his left is Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Ushiwaka Saburō (牛若三郎), next is Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Inaba Taro (稲葉太良) and on the far left is Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as Inaba (稲場)
1835 Sadamasu tetrapytych.jpg
Four actors performing in a mitate: Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Tsujikaze Hachihei (辻風八平) on the far right, to his left is Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Ushiwaka Saburō (牛若三郎), next is Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Inaba Taro (稲葉太良) and on the far left is Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as Inaba (稲場)

Sawamura Tosshō I (沢村訥升) as Matsuwakamaru (松若丸) on the right, Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Sōta (惣太) in the center, and Iwai Hanshirō VI (岩井半四郎) as the nun Seigen (Seigen-ni - 清玄尼) on the left from the play <i>Hana butai yoshiya otoko</i> [花舞台丹前侠客]
1835 Kunisada fire boat
Sawamura Tosshō I (沢村訥升) as Matsuwakamaru (松若丸) on the right, Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Sōta (惣太) in the center, and Iwai Hanshirō VI (岩井半四郎) as the nun Seigen (Seigen-ni - 清玄尼) on the left from the play Hana butai yoshiya otoko [花舞台丹前侠客]

Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Tawara Tōta Hidesato (俵藤太郎秀郷) in the play <i>Otoko nariken Onna Masakado</i> [<i>What men? A female Masakado<i> 男哉婦将門] from the series <i>Fashionable Mirror Covers</i> (流行鏡之覆)</i></i>
1835 Hokuei Shikan II
Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Tawara Tōta Hidesato (俵藤太郎秀郷) in the play Otoko nariken Onna Masakado [What men? A female Masakado 男哉婦将門] from the series Fashionable Mirror Covers (流行鏡之覆)

Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Hirai Gonpachi (平井ごん八) and Nakamura Tomijūrō II (中村富十郎) as Komurasaki (小むらさき or 小紫) in the play <i>Hiyokumon sato no nishiki-e</i> (双紋廓錦絵) or <i>A brocade picture of lovers' crests in the pleasure quarters</i>
1835 Hokuei rikan tomijuro
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Hirai Gonpachi (平井ごん八) and Nakamura Tomijūrō II (中村富十郎) as Komurasaki (小むらさき or 小紫) in the play Hiyokumon sato no nishiki-e (双紋廓錦絵) or A brocade picture of lovers' crests in the pleasure quarters

Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Akogi Heiji (あこぎ平次) from the series <i>Tōsei keshōkagami</i> (当世化粧鏡)
1835 Hokuei rikan II
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Akogi Heiji (あこぎ平次) from the series Tōsei keshōkagami (当世化粧鏡)

Nakamura Shikan II as the fox Genkurō impersonating Satō Tadanobu in the play <i>Hanayagura hitome senbon</i>  (花櫓詠吉野 - 'One Thousand Fragrances in the Flower Tower'}
1835 Hokuei nakamura shikan ii
Nakamura Shikan II as the fox Genkurō impersonating Satō Tadanobu in the play Hanayagura hitome senbon (花櫓詠吉野 - 'One Thousand Fragrances in the Flower Tower'}

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the warrior Kumagai Jirō Naozane (熊谷次郎) and Arashi Rikan II as Kohagi (小萩無官太夫) at the Gojō Bridge.
1835 Hokuei diptych
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the warrior Kumagai Jirō Naozane (熊谷次郎) and Arashi Rikan II as Kohagi (小萩無官太夫) at the Gojō Bridge.

Asao Takumi I (浅尾内匠) as Naosuke Gonbei (直介権兵へ) and Ichikawa Sukejūrō IV (市川助十郎) as Hamiya Iemon (羽宮伊右衛門) in the play <i>Azumakaido Yotsuya Kaidan</i>
1834c Hokuei Ebijuro oiwa
Asao Takumi I (浅尾内匠) as Naosuke Gonbei (直介権兵へ) and Ichikawa Sukejūrō IV (市川助十郎) as Hamiya Iemon (羽宮伊右衛門) in the play Azumakaido Yotsuya Kaidan

Bandō Jutarō I as Inuzuka Keno Tanetomo in <i>Satomi ke Hakkenshi no hitori</i> (里見家八犬士の一人)
1834 Shigeharu Bando Jutaro
Bandō Jutarō I as Inuzuka Keno Tanetomo in Satomi ke Hakkenshi no hitori (里見家八犬士の一人)

Nakamura Shikan II and Nakamura Baika I [中村梅花] as the Six Immortal Poets in the dance play <i>Rokkasen Sugata no Saishiki</i>
1834 Shigeharu 6 poets
Nakamura Shikan II and Nakamura Baika I [中村梅花] as the Six Immortal Poets in the dance play Rokkasen Sugata no Saishiki

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII wipes his face in front of a makeup - from the series <i>Tōsei rok'kasen</i> ('Six Choice Modern Flowers' - 當世六花撰)
1834 Kunisada danjuro fan
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII wipes his face in front of a makeup - from the series Tōsei rok'kasen ('Six Choice Modern Flowers' - 當世六花撰)

Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as Ohatsu (おはつ) in the play <i>Tsugiawase Koshiji no Meiboku</i> [接合北国梅]
1834 Hokusei Tohonan
Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as Ohatsu (おはつ) in the play Tsugiawase Koshiji no Meiboku [接合北国梅]

Vertical diptych. Top: Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門). Bottom: Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Mashiba Hisayoshi(真柴久よし)from the play <i>The Golden Gate and the Paulownia Crest</i> (<i>Kinmon gosan no kiri</i> 金門五三桐)
1834 Hokuei vert diptych
Vertical diptych. Top: Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門). Bottom: Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Mashiba Hisayoshi(真柴久よし)from the play The Golden Gate and the Paulownia Crest (Kinmon gosan no kiri 金門五三桐)

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Komafune Hachirō (駒夫根八郎) on the far right, next is Nakamura Tomijūrō II (中村富十郎) as Komafune's wife Okane (駒舟女房おかね), Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Awashima Kainosuke (粟島甲斐之助) in the center, Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Amako Komawakamaru (尼子駒若丸) and Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as the packhorse driver Osaka, actually Yukari no Mae (馬方おさく実はゆかりノ前) on the far left, in <i>Keisei Nazuna No Sekku</i> (aka <i>Keisei Himehajime</i> [けいせい飛馬始]) - a <i>mitate</i>
1834 Hokuei pentaptych
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Komafune Hachirō (駒夫根八郎) on the far right, next is Nakamura Tomijūrō II (中村富十郎) as Komafune's wife Okane (駒舟女房おかね), Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Awashima Kainosuke (粟島甲斐之助) in the center, Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Amako Komawakamaru (尼子駒若丸) and Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as the packhorse driver Osaka, actually Yukari no Mae (馬方おさく実はゆかりノ前) on the far left, in Keisei Nazuna No Sekku (aka Keisei Himehajime [けいせい飛馬始]) - a mitate

Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Sōjō Henjō (僧正遍照) from 'Colorful Forms of Six Immortal Poets' (<i>Rokkasen sugata no saishiki</i> - 六歌仙容彩) - one panel of a hexaptych
1834 Hokuei Immortal
Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Sōjō Henjō (僧正遍照) from 'Colorful Forms of Six Immortal Poets' (Rokkasen sugata no saishiki - 六歌仙容彩) - one panel of a hexaptych

Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as the <i>umakata</i> (packhorse driver - 馬方) Hachizō (八蔵) in the play <i>Keisei Somewake Tazuna</i> (けいせい染分總) or 'A Courtesan's Reins Dyed in Different Colors'
1834 Gyokushu Rikan II Hachizo
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as the umakata (packhorse driver - 馬方) Hachizō (八蔵) in the play Keisei Somewake Tazuna (けいせい染分總) or 'A Courtesan's Reins Dyed in Different Colors'

Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Gokuin Sen'emon (極印せん右衛門), No. 4 (四) from the series<i> Five Manly Men of the Present Day</i> (Tōsei gonin otoko - 当世五人男)
1833c Kunisada Tosei genin oto
Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Gokuin Sen'emon (極印せん右衛門), No. 4 (四) from the series Five Manly Men of the Present Day (Tōsei gonin otoko - 当世五人男)

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