Performance of a Trained Monkey, from an illustrated poetry anthology entitled "The Young God Ebisu (Waka Ebisu)"

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

Katsukawa Shunsho

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

Torii Kiyomasu I

New Year in a Samurai Mansion, from the illustrated kyoka anthology "The Young God Ebisu (Waka Ebisu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Actors Nakamura Noshio I as Nyosan no Miya (right), Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renegade Monk Yochin (center), and Yamashita Kinsaku II as the Maid Mutsuhana (left), in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho

Playing Daimyo's Procession

Suzuki Harunobu

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Opening the Storehouse (Kurabiraki), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

Torii Kiyonaga

Shell-Matching Game, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Actors Bando Zenji I as Nagahashi Saburo, Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otatsu-gitsune, Nakamura Konozo as Hagai Ujitsune, and an Unidentified Actor (right to left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Katsukawa Shunsho

Yoshitsune's Encounter with Princess Joruri, from "The Tale of Joruri in Twelve Episodes (Joruri Junidan Zoshi)"

Sugimura Jihei

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Kiyomori (right), and Yamashita Kinsaku II as Tokiwa Gozen (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Katsukawa Shunsho

Narihira: The Mirror Scene (Narihira kagami no dan), from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanaese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

Okumura Masanobu