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The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro I as Yamagami Gennai Saemon and Yamanaka Heikuro I as Suzuka no Oji
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) Japanese, 1787-1869 After Torii Kiyonobu I Japanese, 1664–1729

Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo matsu)"
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) Japanese, 1787–1868

Program of the ten day performance celebrating the succession of Ichimura Uzaemon XIII
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) Japanese, 1787–1868

Announcement of a performance at the Morita Theater
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) Japanese, 1787-1869

Announcement of the ten day performance celebrating the succession of Ichimura Uzaemon XIII
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) Japanese, 1787–1868

Beauty applying rouge, from the series "Comaprison of Beauties in Eastern Brocade (Azuma nishiki bijin awase)"
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) Japanese, 1787–1868

Announcement of performance of Kanjincho by Ichikawa Danjuro VIII to celebrate 200 years of Ichikawa family history
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) Japanese, 1787–1868

Young woman and gibbon
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735-1785

Evening Bell of Dojoji (Dojoji no bansho), no. 1 from the series "Eight Views of Children (Osana hakkei)"
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735-1785

The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as the pageboy Umezaburo and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oroku in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Harugoma Dance
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735-1785

Susano-o no Mikoto Killing the Eight-headed Dragon
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Hanjo in the play "Tsumagoi Sumidagawa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1733
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Senjiro disguised as Kichisaburo and Nakamura Tomijuro I as Oshichi in the joruri "Midaregami Yoru no Amigasa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1742
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

Summer: Planting Rice (Natsu: taue no zu), No. 2 from the series "The Four Seasons of Farmers (Shiki no hyakusho)"
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Nagoya Sanzaburo and Ichimura Kamezo II in the play "Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Tsuitachi," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1766
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735–1785

The Actors 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
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo II casting a curse at the hour of the ox
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Katakai in the play "Mugen no Kane Omoi no Akatsuki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1746
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735–1785