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The actor Sawamura Sojuro lll as the lay priest Kiyomori
Utagawa Kunimasa Japanese, 1773-1810

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Usui Arataro Sadamitsu in the Shibaraku scene of the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1796
Utagawa Kunimasa Japanese, 1773-1810

Ichikawa Omezo
Utagawa Kunimasa Japanese, 1773-1810 Publisher: Yo-Ya Eikichi Japanese, 19th century

Iwai Kumesaburo in the Role of Lady Tomoe
Utagawa Kunimasa Japanese, 1773-1810

Portrait of an Actor in Female Dress
Utagawa Kunimasa Japanese, 1773-1810

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon Vll as Iyo no Taro in the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1796
Utagawa Kunimasa Japanese, 1773-1810

Ichikawa Danjuro Vl
Utagawa Kunimasa Japanese, 1773-1810 Ichikawa Danjuro IV Japanese, unknown

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Suketakaya Kodenji
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V) Japanese, 1848–1920

Kiritsubo, No. 1 from the series "Murasaki Shikibu's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)"
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) Japanese, 1823–1880

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro V
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V) Japanese, 1848-1920

Eight Modern Views of Famous Places in Tokyo of Great Japan (Dai Nippon Tokyo kaika meisho hakkei no zu)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) Japanese, 1823-1880

Iwai Kumesaburo II as the Courtesan Takao in Banzei Okuni Kabuki
Utagawa Kunisada I Japanese, 1786-1865

Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Kunisada I (Kochoro Toyokuni shozo)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) Japanese, 1823–1880

The actor Ichikawa Kuzo II as Tanigoro
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) Japanese, 1786-1864

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V) Japanese, 1848–1920

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V) Japanese, 1848–1920

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX
Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V) Japanese, 1848–1920

The actor Ichikawa Dajuro VII and a woman watching boy write first calligraphy of the New Year
Utagawa Kunisada Japanese, 1786-1864

Hamamatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858

Mitsuke: Ferries Crossing the Tenryu River (Mitsuke, Tenryugawa funawatashi), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858