IWAI HANSHIRÔ VIII

The actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (bottom) and Iwai Kumesaburô III (top) playing the roles of Kameya Chûbê and the courtesan Umegawa in the drama "Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai" (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III in the 8th lunar month of 1858)

The actors Seki Hanasuke I (left), Iwai Kumesaburô III (center) and Nakamura Shikan IV (right) playing the roles of Fukuyama Shinkichi, the courtesan Miuraya Agemaki and the shirozake seller Shinbê in the drama "Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura", which was staged in Edo in the 3rd lunar month of 1862 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Yoshitsuya)

This print is the left component of a triptych (the central and right prints are available)

Iwai Kumesaburô III in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III in the 6th lunar month of 1863

Iwai Kumesaburô III in a print made by Utagawa Yoshitsuya in 1866

The actors Nakamura Shikan IV and Iwai Hanshirô VIII playing the roles of the yakko Komahei and the geisha Kohan in the dance-drama "Tsuchi-gumo", which was staged in June 1881 at the Shintomiza (print made by Yôshû Chikanobu)

This print is the left component of a triptych (the central and right prints are also available)