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Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken Jūbei (市川鰕十郎の唐犬重兵衛) from the play <i>Benimurasaki Aide Someage</i> (<i>Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka</i>) [紅紫大坂潤]
1822 Hokushu Ebijuro I (2).jpg
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken Jūbei (市川鰕十郎の唐犬重兵衛) from the play Benimurasaki Aide Someage (Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka) [紅紫大坂潤]

Ichikawa Ebijūrō I [市川鰕十良] as Mokuemon [杢右衛門] and Ichikawa Danzō V [五代市川団蔵] as Yashichi [弥七] in the <em>Kanadehon Chūshingura</em> ['Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵] - left panel of a diptych
1835 Hokushu actor duo
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I [市川鰕十良] as Mokuemon [杢右衛門] and Ichikawa Danzō V [五代市川団蔵] as Yashichi [弥七] in the Kanadehon Chūshingura ['Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵] - left panel of a diptych

Ichikawa Yaozō IV (市川八百蔵) as Omuraya Denbei (伝兵衛) and Iwai Kumesaburō I (岩井粂三郎) as the courtesan Oshun (おしゅん) in the play <i>Keisei byōbu ura</i>  ('A Courtesan: a folding screen and the seashore' - けいせい屏風浦)
1800 Toyokuni I ichikawa yaozo
Ichikawa Yaozō IV (市川八百蔵) as Omuraya Denbei (伝兵衛) and Iwai Kumesaburō I (岩井粂三郎) as the courtesan Oshun (おしゅん) in the play Keisei byōbu ura ('A Courtesan: a folding screen and the seashore' - けいせい屏風浦)

Onoe Masazō [尾上政蔵] in a kabuki performance of the <i>daishō no mai</i> or sword dance [大小の舞]
1776 Shunsho hat
Onoe Masazō [尾上政蔵] in a kabuki performance of the daishō no mai or sword dance [大小の舞]

Sawamura Sojūrō III in the role of a samurai
1790s Shunei sojuro iii
Sawamura Sojūrō III in the role of a samurai

Osagawa Tsuneyo II (小佐川常世) in an unidentified role
1790s Toyomaru tsunego ii
Osagawa Tsuneyo II (小佐川常世) in an unidentified role

<i>Seirō niwaka zensei asobi</i>: <i>Ni no kawari</i> (青楼仁和嘉全盛遊: 二ノ替り - 'Popular Entertainment at the Niwaka Festival, Yoshiwara: Second Transformation')
1791-94 ca Shunzan
Seirō niwaka zensei asobi: Ni no kawari (青楼仁和嘉全盛遊: 二ノ替り - 'Popular Entertainment at the Niwaka Festival, Yoshiwara: Second Transformation')

Sawamura Sōjūrō IV [四代目沢村宗十郎], viewing a playbill, i.e., a ranking list of kabuki actors  [顔見世番付を見る図]
1811 toyokuni I sawamura sojur
Sawamura Sōjūrō IV [四代目沢村宗十郎], viewing a playbill, i.e., a ranking list of kabuki actors [顔見世番付を見る図]

Bandō Shūka 坂東しうか or 坂東志うか (poetry name of Mitsugorō III - 秀佳) - as Kōguya Yahei [香具や弥兵衛] - probably from the play Chūkō Ōiso ga Yoi (?) (忠孝染分纏)
1815ca Toyokuni I bando shuka
Bandō Shūka 坂東しうか or 坂東志うか (poetry name of Mitsugorō III - 秀佳) - as Kōguya Yahei [香具や弥兵衛] - probably from the play Chūkō Ōiso ga Yoi (?) (忠孝染分纏)

Tokojirō and Urazato the courtesan from 時次郎浦里 明烏夢の泡雪 (Tokojirō and Urazato dream of a light snow)
1815c Eisen fan couple
Tokojirō and Urazato the courtesan from 時次郎浦里 明烏夢の泡雪 (Tokojirō and Urazato dream of a light snow)

Nakamura Utaemon III  (三代目中村歌右衛門)  as a dancer from the series <i>The Dance of the Nine Changes</i> or  <i>Kyū henge no uchi</i> (九へん化の内) from the play <i>Sono Kokonoe Saishiki-zakura</i>
1815c Kunisada Dancer.jpg
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) as a dancer from the series The Dance of the Nine Changes or Kyū henge no uchi (九へん化の内) from the play Sono Kokonoe Saishiki-zakura

Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Koshina Danjō (越名弾正) and Nakayama Yoshio I (中山よしを) as Koshina's wife Irie (Koshina tsuma Irie -女房入江)
1817 Hokushu yoshio ebijuro
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Koshina Danjō (越名弾正) and Nakayama Yoshio I (中山よしを) as Koshina's wife Irie (Koshina tsuma Irie -女房入江)

A Picture of Great Success (<i>Shibai Daihanjō no zu</i>) - 芝居大繁昌之図
1817c Toyokuni kabuki triptych
A Picture of Great Success (Shibai Daihanjō no zu) - 芝居大繁昌之図

Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Okoma (おこま) menacing a cat - from the play <i>Tsuma Gasane Kanete Kikuzuki</i> (褄重噂菊月 - 'Rumors of the Chrysanthemum Moon') - left panel of a diptych
1818c Toyokuni cat killer
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Okoma (おこま) menacing a cat - from the play Tsuma Gasane Kanete Kikuzuki (褄重噂菊月 - 'Rumors of the Chrysanthemum Moon') - left panel of a diptych

Nakamura Utaemon III  (三代目中村歌右衛門) as Hangaku-jo (半がく女) in <i>Wada gassen onna maizuru</i>
1820s Kunihiro Utaemon
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) as Hangaku-jo (半がく女) in Wada gassen onna maizuru

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kanda Yogorō (神田与五郎) in the play <i>Ōishizuri sakura tanzaku</i> [大西摺桜花短冊]
1822 Hokushu sanko
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kanda Yogorō (神田与五郎) in the play Ōishizuri sakura tanzaku [大西摺桜花短冊]

Nakamura Utaemon III [中村歌右衛門] as Mino no Shōkurō [美濃庄九郎] from the play <i>Keisei Ōmonguchi</i> ('The Great Gate of the Licensed Quarter')
1823 Hokushu pipe surimono
Nakamura Utaemon III [中村歌右衛門] as Mino no Shōkurō [美濃庄九郎] from the play Keisei Ōmonguchi ('The Great Gate of the Licensed Quarter')

<i>Bijin</i> near the foot of a bridge
1825c Kunisada bijin bridge
Bijin near the foot of a bridge

Ichikawa Ebijūrō II (市川鰕十郎) as Horiguchi Manemon (堀口万右衛門) - the right-hand panel of a triptych from the play <i>Sao no uta Kizugawa hakkei</i> ('Song of the boat pole: Eight views of the Kizu River' - 棹歌木津川八景)
1829 Hokucho ebijuro II
Ichikawa Ebijūrō II (市川鰕十郎) as Horiguchi Manemon (堀口万右衛門) - the right-hand panel of a triptych from the play Sao no uta Kizugawa hakkei ('Song of the boat pole: Eight views of the Kizu River' - 棹歌木津川八景)

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in a possible kabuki Suikoden role
1830c Shigeharu 01
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in a possible kabuki Suikoden role

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)

Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Hōkaibō (法界坊ぼうこん) from the play <i>Sumida River Ghost Story</i> (<i>Kaidan Sumidagawa</i> - 怪談隅田川) - this is the right-hand panel of a diptych
1847c Kuniyoshi flame ghost
Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Hōkaibō (法界坊ぼうこん) from the play Sumida River Ghost Story (Kaidan Sumidagawa - 怪談隅田川) - this is the right-hand panel of a diptych

A <i>kabuki</i> actor as the <i>wakatō</i> Hachiemon (わかと八右衛門) in the play <i>Godairiki Koi no Fūjime</i> [五大力恋緘]
1854 Toyokuni Hachiemon
A kabuki actor as the wakatō Hachiemon (わかと八右衛門) in the play Godairiki Koi no Fūjime [五大力恋緘]

Iwai Kumesaburō III (岩井粂三郎) as Aburaya Okon (油屋おこん) in the play<i>Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba</i> [伊勢音頭恋寝刃]
1855 Kunisada iwai kumesaburo
Iwai Kumesaburō III (岩井粂三郎) as Aburaya Okon (油屋おこん) in the playIse Ondo Koi no Netaba [伊勢音頭恋寝刃]

Nakamura Fukusuke I 中村福助 as both a boatman (<i>sendō</i> - 船頭) and a processional standard-bearer (<i>gyōretsu yakko</i> - 行れつ奴), a series related to <i>Meiga zukushi no uchi Shosagoto</i> (名画尽の内 所作事 - 'Dances based on famous paintings')
1857 Kunisada nakamura fukusuk
Nakamura Fukusuke I 中村福助 as both a boatman (sendō - 船頭) and a processional standard-bearer (gyōretsu yakko - 行れつ奴), a series related to Meiga zukushi no uchi Shosagoto (名画尽の内 所作事 - 'Dances based on famous paintings')

Competition of Powerful Magicians (<i>Goketsu Kijutsushi Kurabe</i> - 豪傑奇術競)
1860s Konobu competition
Competition of Powerful Magicians (Goketsu Kijutsushi Kurabe - 豪傑奇術競)

Onoe Tamizō II (尾上多見蔵) as the ani Yakozō (兄横蔵), the older brother on the right, and Arashi Rikaku II (嵐璃) as the <i>otōko</i> Jihizō (弟慈悲蔵), the younger brother, from a performance of <i>Honchō Nijūshi Kō</i> (本朝廿四孝)
1861 Yoshitaki parcel
Onoe Tamizō II (尾上多見蔵) as the ani Yakozō (兄横蔵), the older brother on the right, and Arashi Rikaku II (嵐璃) as the otōko Jihizō (弟慈悲蔵), the younger brother, from a performance of Honchō Nijūshi Kō (本朝廿四孝)

Center panel of a triptych of <i>The Flowers of Edo</i>
1862 Kunisada Father and Child
Center panel of a triptych of The Flowers of Edo

Right panel: Onoe Kikujirō II (尾上菊次郎) as Kumokiri Oroku (雲切お六);  center: Ichimura Kakitsu IV (市村家橘) as Subashiri Okuma (洲走お熊); left: Bandō Mitsugorō VI (坂東三津五郎) as Osaraba Oden (おさらばお伝)  and Sawamura Tosshô II (沢村訥升) as Kinezumi Okichi (木鼠お吉)
1865 Kunichika women triptych
Right panel: Onoe Kikujirō II (尾上菊次郎) as Kumokiri Oroku (雲切お六); center: Ichimura Kakitsu IV (市村家橘) as Subashiri Okuma (洲走お熊); left: Bandō Mitsugorō VI (坂東三津五郎) as Osaraba Oden (おさらばお伝) and Sawamura Tosshô II (沢村訥升) as Kinezumi Okichi (木鼠お吉)

Portrait of Ichikawa Kuzō III (市川九蔵) as Danshichi Kurobei (団七力郎兵衛)
1865 Kunisada II
Portrait of Ichikawa Kuzō III (市川九蔵) as Danshichi Kurobei (団七力郎兵衛)

The actor Sawamura Tosshō II (沢村訥升)
1865 Kunisada II sawamura toss
The actor Sawamura Tosshō II (沢村訥升)

From left to right: Iwai Hanshirō VIII (岩井半四郎), Ichikawa Gonjūrō II (市川権十郎), Nakamura Nakazō III (中村仲蔵), Ichikawa Metora I (市川女寅) and Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (市川団十郎)
1875 Kunichika Six Actors.jpg
From left to right: Iwai Hanshirō VIII (岩井半四郎), Ichikawa Gonjūrō II (市川権十郎), Nakamura Nakazō III (中村仲蔵), Ichikawa Metora I (市川女寅) and Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (市川団十郎)

Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (九代目市川團十郎)
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX photo
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (九代目市川團十郎)

Yamatoya Baiga (大和屋梅我) at Chidori no Tamagawa (千鳥の玉川) in Mutsu Province from the series 'Actors with Six Jewel Faces' (<i>Haiyū mutama-gao</i> - 俳優六玉顔)
1832c Kunisada six jewel 1
Yamatoya Baiga (大和屋梅我) at Chidori no Tamagawa (千鳥の玉川) in Mutsu Province from the series 'Actors with Six Jewel Faces' (Haiyū mutama-gao - 俳優六玉顔)

Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as the courtesan Minoya Sankatsu (みの屋三勝), jumping into a boat from a bridge to join her lover Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Akaneya Hanshichi (赤根屋半七) in the play <i>Daigashira Midori no Iromaku</i> ['The Surge of Love Beneath the Green Cover' 台頭緑色幕]
1828 Kunihiro diptych
Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as the courtesan Minoya Sankatsu (みの屋三勝), jumping into a boat from a bridge to join her lover Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Akaneya Hanshichi (赤根屋半七) in the play Daigashira Midori no Iromaku ['The Surge of Love Beneath the Green Cover' 台頭緑色幕]

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Akaneya Hanshichi (あかねや半七) holding his child Otsū
1829c Shigeharu
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Akaneya Hanshichi (あかねや半七) holding his child Otsū

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