The Actors Nakayama Kojuro VI (Nakamura Nakazo I) as Hatchotsubute no Kiheiji, Otani Hiroji III as Miura Arajiro, Ichikawa Yaozo III as Akugenta Yoshihira, Sawamura Sojuro III as Taira no Shigemori, in the shosa "Fukyoku Edo Geisha," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1785

Shun'ei, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo

Sakaga, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo

Ikuta no Atsumori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Hata no Daizen Taketora Disguised as the Yakko Matahei (right), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Umegae Disguised as the Poem-Diviner Omatsu (left), in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunsho

Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo of the Otsuya (Otsuya uchi Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo), from the series "Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen), from the series "Collection of Comic Performances from the Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro niwaka kyogen zukushi)"

Isoda Koryusai

Yumi Hachiman, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo

Haruka and Haruji of the Kadotamaya as Soga no Goro and Asaina Saburo in the armor-pulling scene, from the series "Comic Performances by the Entertainers of the Pleasure Quarters at the Niwaka Festival (Seiro geiko niwaka kyogen zukushi)"

Isoda Koryusai

Morihisa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo

Six actors dreaming of their roles, from the series "Spring Plays of 1804: The Pillow of Kontan (Koshi haru kyogen kontan no makura)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Extraordinary Phenomenon of the Popular Otsu Picture (Tokini otsue kidai no maremono)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

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

Katsukawa Shunsho