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

The Actors Kasaya Matakuro II as Hagun Taro (right), Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Izutsu no Suke Narihira (center), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Kose no Kanaoka Disguised as Sogoro the Charcoal Maker, in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho

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

Okumura Masanobu

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

Tsukioka Kôgyo

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

Tsukioka Kôgyo

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

Tsukioka Kôgyo

The Bamboo Fence

Helen Hyde

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

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro Tokimune (left), in Komuso Attires, in the Play Sakaicho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho

Chushingura: Act X of The Storehouse of Loyalty

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as a Pilgrim (left), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu (right), in the "Silent Encounter" Scene (Dammari) from the End of Part One of the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka (Returning Home in Splendor), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho

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

Tsukioka Kôgyo

A Woman Nomori (Onna Nomori), no. 11 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu