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The Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro Kyusei Disguised as the Burglar Ipponzaemon in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1768

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II as an Outlaw

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1769

Actor Ôtani Hiroji III Striking a Stage Pose before a Stone Gateway

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1770

The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Kameo (right), and Sakata Sajuro I as Ario (left), in the Play Hime Komatsu Ne no Hi Asobi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1768

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1768

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1771

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Soga no Juro Sukenari (?) in the Play Shuen Soga Omugaeshi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1768 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1768

Actor Ichikawa Danzô III as Shôki the Demon-Queller in “Dandyish Design: Lightning Amid Clouds” (“Date moyô kumo ni imazuma”)

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1768

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hannya no Goro in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

A Pilgrim Praying through the Night to the Buddha (kannenbutsu) is Startled by a Ghostly Head Lying on the Snow-Covered Ground

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1768

Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô V as the Buddhist Deity Fudô in “Rethatched Roof: The Moon Also Shines over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District” (“Fuke Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara”)

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1771

The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Kawatabiya Mombei in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ko no Moronao in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1779

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1779

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1779

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Matsuo-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

Abraham Receiving the Three Angels

Étienne Delaune, n.d.

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Onmaya Kisanda Dressed as Kakubei the Lion Dancer (Kakubei-jishi) (right) and Segawa Kikunojo III as Shizuka Gozen (left), in the Dance Sequence "Myoto-zake Kawaranu Nakanaka" (Everlasting Harmony of the Marital Cup), from the Second Part of the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune (Heavenly Child—The Fox Leaps Through the Shrine Gate), Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777

Actor Ôtani Hiroji III in His Dressing Room, Assisted by (possibly) Ôtani Tokuji I and Observed by (possibly) Nakamura Nakazô I

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1783

Fragment (Border)

Unknown, 17th century

Actor Nakamura Sukegorô II as a Chivalrous Commoner (Otokodate)

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1768–70

Bag

Unknown, 1680/1700

The Warrior Ômori Hikoshichi Carrying a Demon on His Back

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1772

Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi and Nakamura Nakazô I as Taira no Kiyomori in the “Shibaraku” scene from “Forest of the Nue Monster: Target of the Eleventh Month” (“Nue no Mori Ichiyô no Mato”)

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1770

Travellers on the Highway

Anthonie Waterloo, n.d.