Arashi Kanjûrô I, Osagawa Shichizô II & Takinaka Utagawa playing the roles of Gonshirô, Ofude & Matsuemon's nyôbô Oyoshi in the "Sakaro" scene of the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1808 at the Kawarasakiza

Ichikawa Aragorô I, Arashi Kanjûrô I, Sawamura Tôzô I, Segawa Chôgorô & Takinaka Utagawa playing the roles of Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada, Gonshirô, the boatman Matsuemon (in reality Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu), Komawakamaru & Matsuemon's nyôbô Oyoshi in the "Sakaro" scene of the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1808 at the Kawarasakiza

Sawamura Tôzô I, Segawa Chôgorô & Takinaka Utagawa playing the roles of the boatman Matsuemon (in reality Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu), Komawakamaru & Matsuemon's nyôbô Oyoshi in the "Sakaro" scene of the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1808 at the Kawarasakiza

Ichikawa Aragorô I & Arashi Kanjûrô I playing the roles of Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada & Gonshirô in the "Sakaro" scene of the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1808 at the Kawarasakiza

Suketakaya Takasuke II, Ichikawa Ichizô I, Iwai Hanshirô V, Fujikawa Tomokichi II & Sawamura Eikichi playing the roles of Gonshirô, Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada, Ofude, Matsuemon's nyôbô Oyoshi & Komawakamaru in the "Sakaro" scene of the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 9th lunar month of 1812 at the Nakamuraza

Nakamura Utaemon III playing the role of the boatman Matsuemon (in reality Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu) in the "Sakaro" scene of the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 9th lunar month of 1812 at the Nakamuraza

The actors Suketakaya Takasuke II and Nakamura Utaemon III playing the roles of Gonshirô and Higuchi no Jirô Kanemitsu in the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 9th lunar month of 1812 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

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

Arashi Rikan II & Iwai Shijaku I playing the roles of the boatman Matsuemon (in reality the warrior Higuchi no Jirô Kanemitsu) & Matsuemon's nyôbô Oyoshi in the "Sakaro" scene of the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1834 at the Naka no Shibai (print made by Shunbaisai Hokuei)

The actors Kataoka Ichizô I, Nakamura Utaemon IV and Mimasu Jakusaburô playing the roles of Gonshirô, Matsuemon and Komawakamaru in the "Sakaro" 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 actor Arashi Kichisaburô III portraying the boatman Matsuemon, in reality the warrior Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu, in the "Sakaro" scene of the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Kunikazu