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The actor Fujimura Handayu II as Nowake no Mae in the play "Tategami Teika Kazura," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1719
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50
The Actor Hayakawa Hatsuse as a Flower Vendor
The Actor Sawamura Kamesaburo as Nagoya Kosanza in the play "Keisei Fukubiki Nagoya," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1731
Attributed to Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50
The Actors Nakamura Takesaburo as Shikishi Naishinno and Tsuruya Nanboku as Gengoro in the play "Tategami Teika Kazura," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1719
Puppeteer
Osome and Hisamatsu
The Actors Sanjo Kantaro II as Osome and Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Hisamatsu
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717–50
The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I
The Actor Sanjo Kantaro as a courtesan
The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke as a nobleman and Dekishima Daisuke as a noblewoman
The Princess Style (Ohimesama-fu)
The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Kusunoki Masatsura and Arashi Wakano as Oyuki in the play "Honen Taiheiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1723
The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku as a woman walking in the snow
Oshichi Carrying a Blossoming Cherry Branch
No. 3 - Autumn: Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series "Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki no asobi)"
Young Man Playing Ushiwaka
Young Woman Holding Flowers
The Actor Tsutsui Kichijuro
The Actor Arashi Wakano as a woman standing beneath a cherry tree