Nakamura Shikan IV playing the role of Omae Tetsunosuke in a play similar to the classic "Meiboku Sendai Hagi" (1876?)

Nakamura Fukusuke I playing the role of Shinanoya Ohan in the drama "Myôto Musubi Musume Hyôbanki", which was staged in the 4th lunar month of 1858 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

Nakamura Shikan IV during his shûmei in juillet 1860 at the Moritaza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

Nakamura Shikan IV during the kôjô celebrating the opening of the Sawamuraza in Tôkyô in August 1873 (print made by Toyohara Kunichika)

The actors Nakamura Fukusuke I and Nakamura Kamenojô I playing the roles of Takayasu Shuntokumaru and Princess Asaka in the drama "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji", which was staged in the 9th lunar month of 1852 at the Ichimuraza in Edo (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Nakamura Fukusuke I playing the role of Igami no Gonta in the "Sushiya" scene of the play "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III in the 6th lunar month of 1859 - the actor was performing at the Moritaza at that time but the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" was not on the bill)

The actor Nakamura Fukusuke I playing the role of Ôhara Takejirô in Sakurada Jisuke III's new year drama "Kinpeibai Soga no Tamamono", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1860 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Nakamura Shikan IV playing the role of Sunami Kazuemon in the drama "Tôkaidô Iroha Nikki", which was staged at the Ichimuraza in the 7th lunar month of 1861 (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Nakamura Shikan IV playing the role of Kuzu-no-Ha in the drama "Na o Tsuide Shinoda no Yomeiri" (similar to the classic "Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami"), which was staged in the 9th lunar month of 1861 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Nakamura Shikan IV playing the role of Matsuômaru in the "Kurumabiki" scene of the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami", which was staged in the 10th lunar month of 1861 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

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)

Nakamura Shikan IV portraying Matsuômaru in a mitate-e print made in 1863 by Utagawa Kunisada II (belonging to the Haiyû Makie Sakazuki series)

The actor Nakamura Shikan IV playing the role of Iwanaga Saemon in the drama "Yasa Heike Shirabe no Futsutsuka" (similar to the classic "Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki"), which was staged in Edo in the 8th lunar month of 1863 at the Moritaza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actors Nakamura Shikan IV, Arashi Rikaku III and Arashi Eizaburô at the Nakamuraza in the 2nd lunar month of 1867 (print made by Utagawa Yoshiiku)

The actor Nakamura Shikan IV in a print made by Toyohara Kunichika in the 12th lunar month of 1868

The actors Nakamura Fukusuke III and Nakamura Shikan IV (foreground) playing the roles of Koganosuke and Daihanji no Kiyosumi in the "Yoshinogawa" scene of the classic "Imoseyama Onna Teikin", which was staged at the Ichimuraza in the 9th lunar month of 1871 (print made by Toyohara Kunichika)

The actor Nakamura Shikan IV playing the role of the warrior Kumagai Jirô Naozane in the drama "Genpei Sakigake Sôshi", which was staged in july 1872 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Toyohara Kunichika)

The actor Nakamura Shikan IV during the official stage speech celebrating the opening of the Sawamuraza in Tôkyô in August 1873 (print made by Toyohara Kunichika)

The actor Nakamura Shikan IV playing the role of Tadanobu Rihei in the drama "Shiranami Gonin Otoko", which was staged in November 1874 in Tôkyô at the Moritaza (print made by Toyohara Kunichika)

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)

The actors Kataoka Gadô III and Nakamura Shikan IV playing the roles of a puppeteer and Matsuemon in the "Kanzaki Ageya" scene of the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki" which was staged at the Ichimuraza in May 1883 (print made by Toyohara Kunichika)