The actor Segawa Yûjirô I playing the role of the courtesan Okaru in the seventh act ("Gion Ichiriki Jaya") of the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged in the 7th lunar month of 1774 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Katsukawa Shunshô)

Matsumoto Kojirô I (left), Sawamura Shirogorô I (center) and Ikushima Daikichi IV (right) performing in the kaomise drama "Sakimasuya Ume no Kachidoki", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1778 at the Ichimuraza

Ichikawa Yaozô III in a print made by Katsukawa Shun'ei (1788~1790)

Ichikawa Yaozô III in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I (1798~1800)

Ichikawa Yaozô III in a print made by Katsukawa Shun'ei (1794~1798)

Ichikawa Yaozô III portraying Konoshita Tôkichi in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863)

Ichikawa Yaozô III playing the role of Tanabe Bunzô in the drama "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga", whose plot and characters belong to the "Kameyama no Adauchi" world and which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1794 in Edo at the Miyakoza (print made by Tôshûsai Sharaku)

Segawa Michinosuke I (top) and Ichikawa Yaozô III (bottom) playing the roles of Shizuka Gozen and the fox Tadanobu in the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1803 at the Ichimuraza
(print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

Ichikawa Yaozô III in a print made by Katsukawa Shun'ei (1788~1790)

Suketakaya Takasuke II in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Ichikawa Yaozô III in a print made by Katsukawa Shun'ei (1794~1798)

Ichikawa Yaozô III in a print made by Katsukawa Shun'ei (1793~1794)

The actor Ichikawa Yaozô III in a print made by Katsukawa Shun'ei between 1793 and 1794

The actors Sakata Hangorô III (left/standing) and Ichikawa Yaozô III (right/bottom) playing the roles of Kannonbô and Fuwa Banzaemon in the drama "Keisei Sanbon Karakasa", which was staged in the 7th lunar month of 1794 in Edo at the Miyakoza (print made by Tôshûsai Sharaku)

The actor Ichikawa Yaozô III playing the role of Gotobê in the drama "Kaeribana Yuki no Yoshitsune", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1795 in Edo at the Miyakoza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

The actors Ichikawa Yaozô III (left) and Kataoka Nizaemon VII (right) playing the roles of Keya-mura Rokusuke and the villain Kyôgoku no Takumi in the drama "Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi", which was staged in the 9th lunar month of 1796 in Edo at the Miyakoza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

The actor Ichikawa Yaozô III playing the leading role of the "Shibaraku" scene of a kaomise program around 1800 (print made by Katsukawa Shunkô)

Ôtani Oniji IV, Yamashita Mansaku and Ichikawa Yaozô III playing the roles of Washinoo no Saburô, Ise no Saburô's nyôbô Tamura and Ise no Saburô in the kaomise drama "Date Dôgutsui no Ôtori", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1801 at the Nakamuraza

Suketakaya Takasuke II as Kurofune Chûemon
Artist: Ryukosai Jokei
Date: c. 1805
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Suketakaya Shirogorô playing the role of Ôboshi Yuranosuke in the 7th act of the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1808 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

Ogino Izaburô II (top/1st from left), Seki Sanjûrô II (top/2nd from left), Ichikawa Ichizô I (top/2nd from right), Fujikawa Tomokichi II (top/1st from right), Iwai Hanshirô V (bottom/1st from left), Nakamura Utaemon III (bottom/2nd from left), Suketakaya Takasuke II (bottom/2nd from right) and Onoe Matsusuke II (bottom/1st from right) performing in the kaomise drama "Azuma no Hana Iwai no Dairi", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1811 in Edo at the Nakamuraza

The actor Suketakaya Takasuke II playing the role of Ishidô Umanojô in the fourth act of the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged in the 4th lunar month of 1814 at the Nakamuraza print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)