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The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu (right), Nakamura Tomijuro (center), and Nakamura Kumetaro (left), from A Comparison - Set of Three (Nazorae Sanpukutsui)

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1753

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I performing the spear dance

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1756

Three Young Dreamers

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1760

The Actors Segawa Kichiji II as Okichi, Bando Hikosaburo II as Shuntokumaru, and Onoe Kikugoro I as Sagizaka Bannai in the play "Yura Sengen Tsuki no Minato," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth month, 1754

Torii Kiyohiro, 1754

Beauty Carrying a Wedding Decoration

Nishimura Shigenobu, c. 1735

The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from an untitled series of twelve months

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1750

Beauty Carrying a Wedding Decoration

Nishimura Shigenobu, c. 1735

Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as a puppeteer

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1749

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1755

Young Man on a Horse

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1760s

Beauty Reading a Letter

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1758

Parody of Komachi praying for rain

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1765

Matsukaze, from "Album of Courtesans (Keisei ehon)"

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

Eagle and Monkey

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1725

Wandering minstrels dressed as nuns (utabikuni)

Kondo Katsunobu, c. 1716/36

Mandarin Ducks, from the series "Kashinsai"

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1725/27

Silver Pheasant (Hakkan)

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1730

Hollyhocks and Peacocks (Aoi ni kujaku)

Nishimura Shigenobu, early 1730s

A Hawk on a Kiri Tree

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1720/25

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Taira no Koremochi and Arashi Koroku I as Makomo no Mae in "Shusse Momijigari," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1747

Okumura Masanobu, 1747

The Actor Anegawa Daikichi as Ayame no Mae in the play "Miyo no Hana Yunzei Kagami," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1760

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1760

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I as Ohatsu in the play "Sogazaki Shinju," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fourth month, 1719

Okumura Masanobu, 1719

The Actor Segawa Senjo (Kikunojo III) as the wife of Amakawaya Gihei in the play "Kanadehon Chushingura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fifth month, 1776

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1776

The Actor Arashi Sankatsu as Kanamuraya Osan in the play "Soga Hiiki Nihon Sakura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1762

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1762

The Actor Segawa Yujiro I as Oshichi in the play "Edo no Haru Meisho Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1773

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1773

Towing boats against the current

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1764

The Actor Otani Oniji II as Asahina Saburo in the play "Hatachiyama Horai Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1759

Torii Kiyosato, 1759

The Maple Festival (Momiji no ga) from chapter 7 of The Tale of Genji

Kitao Shigemasa, early 1760s

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Sukeroku in the play "Choseiden Fudan-zakura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fourth month, 1756

Torii Kiyohiro, 1756

Autumn Moon over Sumida River (Sumida aki zuki), from the series "Eight Views of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hakkei)"

Kitao Shigemasa, early 1760s

Taking a Walk on New Year's Day

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1755

Night Rain at a Shrine

Kitao Shigemasa, early 1760s

The Actors Ichikawa Raizo I as a peddler of tea whisks and Nakamura Matsue I as Yuya Gozen in the play "Daijobu Takadate Jikki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1763

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1763

The Actors Otani Hiroji II as Kawazu Saburo and Nakamura Sukegoro I as Matano Goro in the play "Kashiwa ga Toge Kichirei no Sumo," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1755

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1755

The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Sakura Hime and Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Priest Seigen in the play "Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami," performed at the Namakumura Theater in the first month, 1773

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1773

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo II as Ohatsu and Ichikawa Yaozo II as her lover Tokubei in the play "Yoni Osaka Nitsui no Meoto," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the second month, 1767

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1767

The Actors Bando Aizo as the courtesan Kewaizaka no Shosho and Ichikawa Raizo I as Soga no Goro in the play "Satsuki Matsu Unohana Soga," performed at the Morita Theater in the fourth month, 1766

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1766

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Ishi no Mae in the play "Hoshi Aikotoba Higashiyama no Sakae," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1763

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1763

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro III as Oroku and Bando Hikosaburo II as Fujitaro in the play "Shomei Muken no Kane," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1767

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1767

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II as Ono no Yorikaze in the play "Ono no Tofu Aoyagi Suzuri," performed at the Morita Theater in the eighth month, 1764

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1764

The Actor Ichiyama Shichizo I as Terute Hime in the play "Shuen Soga Omugaeshi," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1768

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1768

The Actor Kirishima Gizaemon as Murasaki Daijin in the play "Hatsu Akinai Omise Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1767

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1767

The Actors Sakakiyama Sangoro as the page boy Kichisaburo and Segawa Kikunojo II as Oshichi in the play "Hatsugai Wada no Sakamori," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1759

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1759