Matsumoto Kôshirô IV in a print made by Katsukawa Bunchô

Bandô Kunigorô I (left) and Ichikawa Takejûrô (right) playing the roles of an evil oshô and Tsukioka Hayato in Fujikawa Sanpachi's ni-no-kawari drama "Shima Gasane Keisei Zakura", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1759 at the Kitagawa no Shibai

The Actors Nakamura Denkurô II as Senoo Tarô, Ichikawa Komazô II as Minamoto no Yorimasa, Nakamura Nakazô I as Taira no Kiyomori, and Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Kiô Takiguchi (right to left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyô no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770
Artist: Katsukawa Shunshô
Date: c. 1771
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The Actors Nakamura Denkurô II as Suma no Dairyô (right), and Ichikawa Komazô II as Ariwara no Yukihira (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771
Artist: Katsukawa Shunshô
Date: c. 1772
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The Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô IV as Sukeroku in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1782
Artist: Katsukawa Shunjô
Date: 1777–1787
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The Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô IV as An no Heibê in the Play Edo Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1789
Artist: Katsukawa Shunkô
Date: 1784–1794
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The Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô IV as the Wealthy Bumpkin from Yamato, Actually Magoemon of Ninokuchi Village, in the Play Yomo no Nishiki Kokyô no Tabiji, Performed at the Kiriza in the Eight Month, 1794
Artist: Tôshûsai Sharaku
Date: 1794
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The Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô IV as Kakogawa Honzô in the Play Kanadehon Chûshingura, Performed at the Kawarasaki Theater in the Fifth Month, 1795
Artist: Katsukawa Shun’ei
Date: 1790–1800
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