The actors Asao Toyozô I (top;1st from left), Kasaya Matakurô II (top;2nd from left), Arashi Ihachi (top;3rd from left), Yamashina Jinkichi II (top;2nd from right), Asao Tamejûrô I (top;1st from right), Nakayama Raisuke I (bottom;1st from left), Nakayama Bunshichi I (bottom;2nd from left), Anegawa Minato II (bottom;2nd from right) and Arashi Koroku II (bottom;1st from right) playing the roles of Kurusuke, Kokura Zen'emon, Sôshichi, Kojorô, Kezori Kuemon, Mukai Rinzaemon, Shima no Koheiji, Onami and Omatsu in the new year ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Hakata Ori", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1778 in Kyôto at the Minamigawa no Shibai

Anegawa Minato II
Drawing made by Suifutei in the book "Suifutei Gigafu" (1782)

Anegawa Minato II in an illustration from the book "Yakusha Mono Iwai" (1784)
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The actors Anegawa Shinshirô III (the old woman on the top/left), Onoe Koisaburô I (the Chinese general on the top), Asao Tamejûrô I (the warrior on the bottom/right) and Sawamura Kunitarô I (the princess on the right) playing the roles of Watônai's mother Nagisa, Kanki, Watônai and Kinshôjo in the "Beni Nagashi" scene of the drama "Kokusen'ya Gassen", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1798 at the Naka no Shibai (cover of the illustated banzuke)