Onoe Kikugorô I playing the role of Satô Tadanobu in the drama "Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1769 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Ippitsusai Bunchô)

The actor Onoe Kikugorô I (center) playing the role of Kudô Sukenari in a sogamono, sharing the stage with Arashi Sangorô II (left) and Ichimura Uzaemon IX (right) in the roles of Soga Jûrô Sukenari and Soga Gorô Tokimune (print made by Katsukawa Shunshô)

The actors Sawamura Kodenji II, Onoe Kikugorô I and Ichikawa Ebizô II playing the roles of the courtesan Shôshô, Soga Gorô Tokimune and Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo in the drama "Kazari Ebi Yoroi Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1748 at the Nakamuraza

The actor Onoe Kikugorô I playing the role of Princess Kumo no Taema in the drama "Narukami Kitayama Zakura", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1751 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Ishikawa Toyonobu)

The actor Onoe Kikugorô I in a print made by Torii Kiyoshige (1752~1755)

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

The Actors Segawa Kichiji II as Okichi, Bandô Hikosaburô II as Shuntokumaru, and Onoe Kikugorô I as Sagizaka Bannai in the play “Yura Sengen Tsuki no Minato,” performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth month, 1754
Artist: Torii Kiyohiro
Date: 1754
The Art Institute of Chicago (print in the public domain)

The actors Ichimura Kamezô I (sitting down) and Onoe Kikugorô I (standing up) playing the roles of Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada and Kyô no Jirô in the drama "Edo Murasaki Kongen Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1761 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Torii Kiyotsune)

The actor Onoe Kikugorô I playing the role of Matsukaze in the new year sogamono drama "Fuji no Yuki Kaikei Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1770 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Ippitsusai Bunchô)

The actor Onoe Kikugorô I playing the role of the roles of Kudô Saemon Suketsune in a caricature from the book "Ehon Mizu ya Sora" drawn by Matsuya Nichôsai and published in Ôsaka in 1780 by Hachimonjiya Hachizaemon

Onoe Kikugorô I in an illustration from the book "Yakusha Mono Iwai" (1784)
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