The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu (right), Nakamura Tomijuro (center), and Nakamura Kumetaro (left), from A Comparison - Set of Three (Nazorae Sanpukutsui)

Three Young Dreamers

1755 · Color woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, benizuri-e

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Omi no Okane in the play "Kongen Okuni Kabuki" performed at the Nakamura Theater in the seventh month, 1754

1754 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo I as Miura Osuke, Ichikawa Danjuro lV as Okazaki Akushiro, and Nakamura Sukegoro I as Kato Arajiro in the play "Miura no Osuke Bumon no Kotobuki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1754

1754 · Color woodblock print; oban, benizuri-e

Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugorō I in The Belle of Asakusa Temple (Keisei Asakusa no Kane)

1754 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Beauties of the Three Capitals: Shimabara in Kyoto (right), Yoshiwara in Edo (center), and Shinmachi in Osaka (left)

1750 · Hand-colored woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, urushi-e

Ichikawa Danjuro II as a Young Samurai

1750 · color woodblock print