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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
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

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
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

Puppeteer
Attributed to Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

Osome and Hisamatsu
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

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
Attributed to Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

The Actor Sanjo Kantaro as a courtesan
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke as a nobleman and Dekishima Daisuke as a noblewoman
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

The Princess Style (Ohimesama-fu)
Attributed to Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

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
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku as a woman walking in the snow
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

Oshichi Carrying a Blossoming Cherry Branch
Attributed to Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

Young Woman Holding Flowers
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

No. 3 - Autumn: Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series "Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki no asobi)"
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

Young Man Playing Ushiwaka
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

The Actor Tsutsui Kichijuro
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50

The Actor Arashi Wakano as a woman standing beneath a cherry tree
Okumura Toshinobu Japanese, active c. 1717-50