The actor Nakamura Tsurusuke I performing the leading role of the dôjôjimono "Meshitaki Dôjôji", which was staged as an onagori kyôgen in the city of Kanazawa in 1823 (print made by Utagawa Kunihiro)

The actor Nakamura Tsurusuke I playing the role of Ishii Genzô in a kameyamamono drama, which was staged in the 7th lunar month of 1824 in Ôsaka (print made by Asayama Hikokuni)

The actor Nakamura Tsurusuke I backstage in Ôsaka in a print made by Jukôdô Yoshikuni in the 3rd lunar month of 1825

The actor Nakamura Shikan II playing the role of a sanbasô in a sanbasômono, which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1825 at the Kitagawa no Shibai (print made by Urakusai Nagahide)

Nakamura Shikan II playing the role of Matsuômaru in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami", which was staged in the 3rd lunar month of 1826 at the Naka no Shibai (print made by Jugyôdô Umekuni)

The actor Nakamura Shikan II playing the role of Kumagai Jirô Naozane in the drama "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki", which was staged in the 3rd lunar month of 1828 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

The actor Nakamura Shikan II performing the role of "Echigo Jishi" in the 9-role hengemono "Kyô Kokonoe Yayoi no Hanamichi", which was staged in the 3rd lunar month of 1833 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

The actor Nakamura Shikan II playing the role of Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka in the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1833 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

This print is the right component of a diptych (the left print is also available)

The actor Nakamura Shikan II playing the role of Tadanobu (in reality the fox Genkurô) in the drama "Hanayagura Hitome Senbon", whose plot was very similar to the classic "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1835 at the Naka no Shibai (print made by Shunbaisai Hokuei)

The actor Nakamura Shikan II playing the role of Tawara no Tôta in the drama "Onna Masakado", which was staged in the 6th lunar month of 1835 at the Kitagawa no Shibai (print made by Shunbaisai Hokuei)

The "Dômyôji" scene, which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1841 at the Kawarasakiza, starring the actors Sawamura Tosshô I (Kan Shôjô), Ichikawa Ebizô V (Kakuju), Nakamura Utaemon IV (Sukune Tarô), Bandô Shûka I (Princess Kariya), Arashi Izaburô II (Haji no Hyôe), Onoe Kikujirô II (Tatsuta-no-Mae) and Arashi Kichisaburô III (the hangandai Terukuni)

The "Kurumabiki" scene, which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1841 at the Kawarasakiza, starring the actors Ichikawa Ebizô V (Umeômaru), Nakamura Utaemon IV (Matsuômaru), Sawamura Tosshô I (Sakuramaru) and Arashi Kichisaburô III (Shihei)

The "Terakoya" scene, which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1841 at the Kawarasakiza, starring the actors Nakamura Utaemon IV (Matsuômaru), Iwai Tojaku (Tonami), Onoe Kikujirô II (Chiyo), Ichikawa Ebizô V (Takebe Genzô) and Seki Sanjûrô III (Shundô Genba)

The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV playing the role of Yuranosuke in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged in the 3rd lunar month of 1848 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV playing the role of Ono no Sadakurô in the 5th act of the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura" in a print made in 1848 by Utagawa Hirosada

This print, which belongs to a series of twelve prints dedicated to the filial piety associated to the 12 year-marking Chinese zodiacal signs, has the sign of the Boar on it ... and 2007 is the year of the Boar in Japan!

What is the link between the sign of the boar and Ono no Sadakurô?
You'll get the answer by reading the summary of the 5th act of "Kanadehon Chûshingura" [more details]

The actors Nakamura Utaemon IV and Fujikawa Kayû III playing the roles of Honchômaru Tsunagorô and Ofusa in the drama "Kotoba no Hana Momiji no Yozakari", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1849 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Boatman Matsuemon, actually Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada I
Date: c. 1849
The Art Institute of Chicago (print in the public domain)

The actors Nakamura Utaemon IV and Mimasu Jakusaburô (the child actor) playing the roles of Matsuemon and Komawakamaru in the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1851 at the Naka no Shibai (print made by Utagawa Hirosada)

This print is the right component of a diptych (the left print is also available)

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV
Artist: Suihô Henjin
Date: 1852
The Art Institute of Chicago (print in the public domain)

The actor Nakamura Tomijûrô II and Nakamura Utaemon IV portraying Ishida no Tsubone and Ishikawa Goemon in the drama "Keisei Setsugekka" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Kunikazu