Nakayama Shinkurô I (top/1st from left), Sanogawa Hanazuma III (top/2nd from left), Sanogawa Wakamatsu (bottom/1st from left), ??? (bottom/2nd from left), Arashi Shichigorô II (bottom/3rd from left), Nakayama Raisuke I (top/1st from right), Yoshizawa Ayame III (top/2nd from right), Arashi Koroku I (bottom/1st from right) and Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II (bottom/2nd from right) playing the roles of Gonshirô, Osode, Yamabuki Gozen, Komawakamaru, Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka, Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada, Tomoe Gozen, Enju and Kajiwara Genta Kagesue in the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 12th lunar month of 1766 at the Kado no Shibai

Arashi Sankatsu I (top/1st from left), Matsuyama Sanjûrô (top/2nd from left), Arashi Hinasuke I (bottom/1st from left), Kasaya Matazô (bottom/2nd from left), Fujikawa Hachizô I (in the center of the image, holding somebody with the left hand), Kirinoya Gonjûrô III (top/3rd from left; the "holden" actor), Yamashita Shingorô (bottom/1st from right) and Yoshizawa Ayame III (top/1st from right) playing the roles of ???, Tsuji Hôin, Umegae, a boatman, the boatman Matsuemon (in reality the warrior Higuchi no Jirô Kanemitsu), a boatman, a boatman and Oyoshi in the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 12th lunar month of 1766 at the Kado no Shibai

The actors Arashi Shagan IV (top/left), Fujikawa Tomokichi II (bottom/left), Ichikawa Danzô V (center), Bandô Jutarô I (top/right) and Ichikawa Hakuen II (bottom/right) playing the roles of Gunnai, the koshimoto Chidori, Kajiwara Genta Kagesue, Enju and Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka in the "Genta Kandô" scene of the classic "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1829 at the Naka no Shibai

The actors Ichikawa Hakuen II (top/left), Arashi Rikô I (bottom/left), Ôtani Tomoemon II (center) and Nakayama Ittoku II (bottom/right) playing the roles of the boatman Matsuemon (in reality Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu), Oyoshi, Gonshirô and Ofude in the "Sakaro" scene of the classic "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1829 at the Naka no Shibai

The actors Mimasu Gennosuke I and Nakamura Shikan II playing the roles of Kajiwara Genta Kagesue and Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka in the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1833 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

The actors Kataoka Ichizô I, Nakamura Utaemon IV and Mimasu Jakusaburô playing the roles of Gonshirô, Matsuemon and Komawakamaru in the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1851 at the Naka no Shibai (print made by Utagawa Hirosada)

The actors Jitsukawa Enzaburô I and Nakayama Nanshi II playing the roles of Kajiwara Genta Kagesue and the courtesan Umegae in the "Kanzaki Ageya" scene of the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1851 at the Naka no Shibai (print made by Utagawa Hirosada)

The actors Arashi Rikan IV, Arashi Wasaburô III, Kataoka Gadô III and Nakamura Shikan IV playing the roles of a first puppeteer, the courtesan Umegae, a second puppeteer and Matsuemon - Wasaburô is playing the role in the puppet style and is "handled" by Rikan and Gadô - in the "Kanzaki Ageya" scene of the classic "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in May 1883 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Toyohara Kunichika)