The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Urashima Taro and Takinaka Hidematsu I as Kanemoto Gozen in the play "Ichi no Tomi Seiwa Nendaiki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1746

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Mushanosuke, Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo, and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744

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The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I and Dekijima Daisuke II

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The Actors Otani Oniji I as Soga no Goro and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as the sister of Yoshinaka in the play "Fuji no Yuki Mitsugi Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1746

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The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Oguri Hangan and Segawa Kikunojo I as Terute no Mae in the play "Mangetsu Oguri Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth month, 1747

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The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ike no Shoji and Segawa Kikujiro I as Hitachi Kohagi in the play "Mangetsu Oguri Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth month, 1747

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The Actors Yamamoto Iwanojo as the courtesan Katsuragi and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Fuwa Bansaku in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1748

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The Actors Onoe Kikugoro I (right), Sanogawa Ichimatsu I (center), and Sanogowa Senzo (left), from the triptych "Negura sanpukutsui"

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The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Minamoto no Yoshiie and Sodesaki Iseno I as Onoe no Mae in the play "Kaomise Junidan," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1726 (?)

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