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The Death of Ichikawa Danjuro VIII
Unknown Artist Japanese, active 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Bando Shuka I
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portraits of the Actors Bando Shuka I, Arashi Otohachi III, and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Bando Shuka I
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V
Artist Unknown Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro III
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Bando Shuka I
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V (Danjuro VII)
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Bando Shuka I
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Bando Shuka I
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V (Danjuro VII)
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century