Bandô Kikumatsu I (left), his uncle Shinozuka Jirozaemon I (center) and Shinozuka Shômatsu I (right) playing the roles of Kantô Koroku, Akiemon and the girl Oshô in the kaomise drama "Kantô Koroku", which was staged in Ôsaka in the 11th lunar month of 1706

Bandô Hikosaburô I (left) and Sodesaki Miwano I (right)

Yamashita Kinsaku I (top/1st from left), Arashi Kanshirô I (top/2nd from left), Iwai Hanshirô III (top/center), Sodeshima Genji (top/2nd from right), Tsugawa Kamon (top/1st from right), Bandô Hikosaburô I (bottom/1st from left), Murayama Heijûrô II (bottom/2nd from left), Arashi San'emon III (bottom/2nd from right) and Ôtori Michiemon (bottom/1st from right) playing the roles of Daizen's mekake Oteru, Yawatayama Gondayû, Fujiki Matasuke, Oshige, Princess Takamatsu, Kushiro Wadanosuke, Kaguyama Manzô, Okumatsu Tominojô and Kaguyama Daizen in Kyôya Yagoshirô's kaomise drama "Kogane no Ikioi", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1720 at the Higashi no Shibai (Ôsaka)

Bandô Hikosaburô I (left) and Ogino Izaburô I (right) playing the roles of An no Heibei and Karigane Bunshichi in the drama "Meigetsu Gonin Otoko" ('Five men under the August moon'), which was staged in Fall 1730 at the Nakamuraza [more details]

Bandô Hikosaburô I (left) and Matsumoto Kôshirô II (right) playing the roles of Fuwa Banzaemon and Nikki Danjô Saemon in the kaomise drama "Kichirei Imagawajô", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1740 at the Ichimuraza