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  • Actors in a confrontation in a large chamber. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.
  • A female role actor with strong male features, holding prayer beads. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.
  • A half-length figure of a man. Colour woodcut by Hokusui, early 1860s.
  • A pair of actors by a lake in a storm. Colour woodcut by Yoshitaki, early 1860s.
  • Actors in a confrontation under cherry blossom. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.
  • Actors on a bridge at night: two heavily armed warriors (Yoroku and Usumaru) confront a youth (Saraka-maru). Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1857.
  • Two actors, playing as Matsushita Kahiji and Konoshita Tokichi, striking a pose on stage. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.
  • Actors in scenes from the play 'A treasury of loyal retainers' by Chushingura. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1856.
  • Actors engaging in a fight on the sea-shore. Colour woodcut by Enjaku, early 1860s.
  • Actors in procession and a fight. Colour woodcut by Yoshitaki, early 1860s.
  • Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Danshichi Kurōbei having just disposed of the corpse of his victim down a well; the character is about to escape by joining a passing festival procession. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1855.
  • Actors in role: the sculptor Hidari Jingoro offering a cup of sake to a doll that has come to life and stepped out of its box. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.
  • Actors in role: a samurai confronts a Buddhist deity on the back of a giant wild boar. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1860.
  • Actor Ichikawa Kodanji (?) in a loin-cloth, his body covered with sword scars, is seated at a meal. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1857.
  • An actor as a hero in armour, with an old woman and a boy. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoyo, early 1860s.
  • Actors in confrontation. Colour woodcut by Yoshitaki, early 1860s.
  • Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.
  • An actor as a hero with his gut torn open. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.
  • Interior of a Kabuki theatre while a performance is in progress. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.
  • Actors in role: an old man and a young man beneath a flowering cherry tree, with a large dog behind. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1860.
  • An unidentified actor as Hayano Gampei in the poor house, tying on his sash (obi). Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1859.
  • Actors in a confrontation in a Chinese palace. Colour woodcut by Yoshitaki, early 1860s.
  • Actors fighting under a red maple tree. Colour woodcut by Yoshitaki, early 1860s.
  • Two unidentified actors as a pair of lovers in a pose suggesting an erotic encounter; a panoramic view of Fuji from Mukōjima Akiba in the background. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.
  • Three figures on yellow ground. Colour woodcut by Yoshitaki, early 1860s.
  • An actor as a bloodied woman in a graveyard. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.
  • A pair of actors at a chrysanthemum display. Colour woodcut by Munehiro, early 1860s.
  • Actors in a confrontation on a verandah. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.
  • Actor as Oniazami Seikichi struggling with an assailant. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859/1860.