Sakakiyama Koshirô II (first from left), Anegawa Daikichi I (second from left), Sawamura Shinji (second from right) and Somematsu Shichisaburô I (first from right) playing the roles of the yakko Arisuke, the keisei Koizuru, Shigaraki Jônosuke and Murakoshi Dengozaemon in Fujikawa Sakoku's kaomise drama "Taira no Miyako Onna Ezôshi", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1750 in Kyôto

Anegawa Daikichi I (second from left), Karyû Sawagorô (third from left), Sakakiyama Koshirô II (second from right) and Somematsu Shichisaburô I (first from right) playing the roles of the ???, Shishidô Hyôgo, the Yamazaki farmer Yogorô and the Shoshadera bonze Gyôshun in Fujikawa Sakoku's ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Kane-ga-Fuchi", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1751 in Kyôto

Anegawa Daikichi I (1st from left), Nakamura Jûzô I (2nd from left), Fujikawa Heikurô (center), Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II (2nd from right) and Nakamura Jûzô I (1st from right) playing the roles of Tôsaku's nyôbô Oshizu (in reality Shizuka Gozen), Miura Shirô, Izumi no Saburô, Minamoto no Yoshitsune and the togiya Tôsaku (in reality Miura Shirô) in the kaomise drama "Taihei Yamato Monogatari", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1756 in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai

Mimasu Kanzô I (left) and Anegawa Daikichi I (right) playing the roles of the yakko Ganbei and Hanamitsu Kenbô's wife Miyuki in the drama "Sanjikkoku Yofune no Hajimari", which was staged in the 12th lunar month of 1758 at the Kado no Shibai

Sanogawa Ichimatsu I (left), Sakata Sajûrô I (center) and Anegawa Daikichi I (right) playing the roles of the Soga Gorô Tokimune disguised as a tôzoku, Izu no Jirô and Soga Jûrô Sukenari disguised as a tôzoku in the new year sogamono drama "Koi Zakura Umewaka Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1762 in Edo at the Moritaza

Asao Tamejûrô I (top;1st from left), Anegawa Daikichi I (top;2nd from left), Nakayama Raisuke I (top;2nd from right), Kirinoya Gonjûrô III (top;1st from right), Fujikawa Hachizô I (bottom;1st from left), Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II (bottom;2nd from left), Arashi Sanjûrô III (bottom;2nd from right) and Bandô Toyosaburô I (bottom;1st from right) playing the roles of the tedai Gonkurô, the keisei Miyako, Nan Yohachi, Hiraoka Gôzaemon, the sumôtori Hanaregoma Chôkichi, Oseki, the tedai Shôhachi and Yamazaki Yojibê in the drama "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki", which was staged in the 12th lunar month of 1762 at the Naka no Shibai

Anegawa Daikichi I in an illustration from the book "Yakusha Mono Iwai" (1784)
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