The Actors Yamashita Yaozo I as Ono no Komachi (right), Matsumoto Koshiro II as Godai Saburo (center), and Ichikawa Danzo III as Otomo no Kuronushi (left), in the play "Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1771

The Actors Arashi Sangoro II as Hojo Tokiyori (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Koga Saburo (left), in the Play Kono Hana Yotsugi no Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Miura Kunitae (right), Segawa Kikunojo III as Yasukata (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Utou (left), in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1782

Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as Yatsurugi Zaemon (center), and Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi (left), In the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Katsukawa Shunsho

Scene at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, from Act One of Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), from the series "Chushingura Juichimai-Tsuzuki (Set of Eleven Sheets Illustrating Chushingura)"

Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo (right), Segawa Kikunojo II as Princess Tatsu (Tatsu Hime) (center), and Nakamura Sukegoro II as Matano no Goro (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Katsukawa Shunsho

Act VII: The Ichiriki Teahouse in the play Chushingura Juichidan Tsuzuki

Katsukawa Shunsho

The Aoi Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Aoi), from a series of Genji parodies

Okumura Masanobu

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

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

The Actors Kasaya Matakuro II as Nobuyori Disguised as the Yakko Gunnai (right), and Miyazaki Hachizo as the Lay Monk Hambyo Nyudo (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Katsukawa Shunsho

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

The Actors Yamashita Kinsaku II as Mutsuhana (right), Bando Mitsugoro I as Kashiwagi no Emon (center), and Nakamura Sukegoro II as Akamatsu Mushanosuke (left), in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho