The actors Bandô Shûka I and Bandô Hikosaburô IV playing the roles of Aoyagi Harunosuke and Ôtomo Gyôbu Munetsura in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Bandô Shûka I playing the role of Aoyagi Harunosuke in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Bandô Hikosaburô IV playing the role of Ôtomo Gyôbu Munetsura in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actors Arashi Rikaku II, Bandô Shûka I and Bandô Takesaburô I playing the roles of Yukioka Fuyujirô, Princess Wakana and Toriyama Akisaku in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Arashi Rikaku II playing the role of Yukioka Fuyujirô in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Bandô Shûka I playing the role of Princess Wakana in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Bandô Takesaburô I playing the role of Toriyama Akisaku in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actors Bandô Shûka I, Arashi Rikan III and Bandô Takesaburô I playing the roles of Namiroku's nyôbô Koiso, the ryôshi Namiroku (in reality Muraoka Shinpei) and Fuyujirô's younger sister Teruha in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Bandô Shûka I playing the role of Namiroku's nyôbô Koiso in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Arashi Rikan III playing the role of the ryôshi Namiroku (in reality Muraoka Shinpei) in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Bandô Takesaburô I playing the role of Fuyujirô's younger sister Teruha in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

An illustration from an ehon banzuke for the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza, with Bandô Shûka I (Princess Wakana, the ryôshi Harukichi), Arashi Rikan III (Genkai Nadaemon), Arashi Rikaku II (Washizu Rokurô) and Bandô Takesaburô I (Washizu Shichirô)

An illustration from an ehon banzuke for the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza, with Bandô Hikosaburô IV (Toriyama Bungonosuke), Arashi Rikan III (the uba Akishino) and Arashi Rikaku II (Toriyama Inuchiyo)

An illustration from an ehon banzuke for the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza, with Arashi Rikan III (the ryôshi Namiroku), Bandô Shûka I (Namiroku's nyôbô Koiso), Bandô Takesaburô I (Teruha) and Bandô Hikosaburô IV (the ryôshi Hirekurô)

The actors Nakamura Shikan IV and Iwai Kumesaburô III playing the roles of Toriyama Akisaku and Princess Wakana in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Toyokuni III

The actor Nakamura Shikan IV playing the role of Toriyama Akisaku in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Toyokuni III

The actor Iwai Kumesaburô III playing the role of Princess Wakana in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Toyokuni III

The actors Nakamura Tsuruzô I and Ichikawa Kodanji IV playing the roles of Dôchû Tonnen and Hagihara Isuke in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Toyokuni III

The actor Nakamura Tsuruzô I playing the role of Dôchû Tonnen in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Toyokuni III

The actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV playing the role of Hagihara Isuke in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Toyokuni III

The actors Nakamura Shikan IV (left print/left), Sawamura Tosshô II (left print/right) and Seki Sanjûrô III (right print) playing the roles of Toriyama Akisaku, Kameya Tamonnosuke and the ryôshi Hirekurô in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Toyokuni III

The actors Nakamura Shikan IV (left) and Sawamura Tosshô II (right) playing the roles of Toriyama Akisaku and Kameya Tamonnosuke in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Toyokuni III

The actor Seki Sanjûrô III playing the role of the ryôshi Hirekurô in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Toyokuni III

The actors Asao Yoroku II and Iwai Kumesaburô III playing the roles of Tanasuke and the daijin Shiranui in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Toyokuni III

The actor Asao Yoroku II playing the role of Tanasuke in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Toyokuni III

The actor Iwai Kumesaburô III playing the role of the daijin Shiranui in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Toyokuni III

The actor Nakamura Fukusuke V (left) and Nakamura Utaemon V (right) playing the roles of the Toriyama Inuchiyo and the uba Akishino in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in July 1920 at the Kabukiza