The Actor Otani Oniji II as Asahina Saburo in the play "Hatachiyama Horai Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8953156/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseNakamura Utaemon III als Katô Masakiyo in het toneelstuk ‘Keisei yûsan sakura’, Kado Theater (1827) by Ryûsai Shigeharu… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13736908/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseStage in Memory of Isabella Clara Eugenia, plate 24 from Casperius Gevartius, Pompa Introitus Honori Serenissimi Principis… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8997664/image-paper-person-churchFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as a Male Fox Disguised as the Sake Seller Iseya (left) and Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8947395/image-cartoon-fox-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo by Tōshūsai Sharaku https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8944312/the-actor-bando-mitsugoro-ishii-genzo-toshusai-sharakuFree Image from public domain licenseThe Ancient Theater at Taormina with a View of Mount Etna, Study for Saint Non's Voyage Pittoresque de Naples et de Sicile… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8975530/image-paper-frame-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Kume no Sennin, Onoe Kikugoro I as Goi-no-suke Takenari, and Otani Hiroji II as Hata no… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8956862/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe theater manager Shinozuka Uraemon reading the program for the Miayako Theater by Tōshūsai Sharaku https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8950248/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Sawamura Kamesaburo as Nagoya Kosanza in the play "Keisei Fukubiki Nagoya," performed at the Nakamura Theater in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8945740/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThree Komuso Monks: The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) as Kudo Suketsune (right), Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Juro… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9010840/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseScenery to be used in a toy theatre: a room in a palace. Coloured lithograph. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13951864/scenery-used-toy-theatre-room-palace-coloured-lithographFree Image from public domain licenseA monster representing the miscegenated state of the theatre, combining tragedy, comedy, and pantomime. Coloured etching by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13964969/image-dog-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Nakamura Shichisaburo III (right), and Ichikawa Junzo I (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9020692/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Sanjo Kantaro II as Oshichi in the play "Nanakusa Fukki Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9020235/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Spirit of Joro-gumo (Harlot Spider) Disguised as the Maiko Tsumagiku (?), in the Play… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9019751/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Bando Hikosaburo II as Watanabe no Tsuna and Matsumoto Tomijuro as Hakamadare no Yasusuke in the play "Furitsumu… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9021254/image-cartoon-horse-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Seven Ages of Man: The Soldier, 'As You Like It,' II, vii (1798-1801) oil painting art by Robert Smirke. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/10184867/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the Spirit of Joro-gumo (Harlot Spider) Disguised as the Maiko Tsumagiku (right), and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9010867/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Osome and Sodesaki Kikutaro as Hisamatsu in the play "Osome Hisamatsu Shinju," performed at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9019623/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9011311/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Taira no Masakado Disguised as Otomo no Kuronushi (?) or Sugawara Micihizane (?) in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8950648/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Tomizawa Montaro I as Miyako no Mae in the play "Izu Genji Horai Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9020727/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa (?) in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe (?), Performed at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9011439/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseGinjuro's Wife Oyumi from the Play "Whirlpools of Awa" (Awa no naruto, Ginjuro nyobo Oyumi), from the series "Bamboo Nodes… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8945458/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as Ishikawa Goemon in the play "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri," performed at the Ichimura Theater in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8950023/image-cartoon-people-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Matsuo-maru in the Play Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8948838/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseNakamura Nakazo II as Prince Koretaka disguised as the farmer Tsuchizo in the play "Intercalary Year Praise of a Famous Poem… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8947139/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Sakata Hangoro II as the Sumo Wrestler Kujaku Saburo Narihira (?) in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8949644/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Choemon (right) and Ohan (left), in the Elopement… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9020846/image-cartoon-flower-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV in a "Shibaraku" Role, Possibly from the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9054813/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi (right), and Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8952521/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsukaze (right), Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8950102/image-cartoon-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8944363/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Usui Arataro Sadamitsu in the Shibaraku scene of the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," performed… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8947410/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe actor Sawamura Tozo I as Dogen no Okichi in the play "Yoshiwara Niwaka no Banzuke," performed at the Ichimura Theater in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8946237/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro in the Joruri "Gonin Otoko" (Five Chivalrous Commoners), Played as One… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9011401/image-cartoon-frame-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Yoshizawa Iroha I as Princess Yosooi (Yosooi Hime) in the Play Kikujido Shuen no Iwaya, Performed at the Morita… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8948479/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as the Boathouse Man Kurofune Chuemon in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8949465/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Nagoya Osan in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8950538/image-cartoon-person-moonFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Soga no Goro in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9020061/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Bando Mitsugoro I as Hata no Kawakatsu (right), and Otani Hiroemon III as the Manservant (Yakko) Gansuke (left)… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9042871/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Otsuma in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8948598/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi (?) in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato (?), Performed at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9010832/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Hanagawa Ichinojo as Akane Gozen in the play "Okunizome Shusse Butai," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8951869/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Toyose Saburozaemon Kageaki in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin, Performed at the Morita Theater… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9031030/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Bando Hikosaburo II as Ono no Yorikaze in the play "Ono no Tofu Aoyagi Suzuri," performed at the Morita Theater in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9701859/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kajiwara Genta no Kagetoki (?), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8952015/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Yamashita Kinsaku holding a puppet of the Empress in the play "Diary Kept on a Journey by Sea to Izu (Funadama Izu… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9039813/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danzaburo II as Usui no Sadamitsu (?) in the Play Edo Katagi Hikeya Tsunasaka (?), Performed at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9011348/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Shinozuka Goro Sadatsuna in the play "Ume Momiji Date no Okido," performed at the Ichimura… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8952394/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Mizue Gozen in the play "Suehiro Izu Nikki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9021390/image-cartoon-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V, Probably as Ise no Saburo Disguised as Sanjo Uemon, Leader of a Robber Gang, in Part Two of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9011045/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Furisode Kisaragi Soga, Performed at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8950238/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Suketsune in the Play Koi no Yosuga Kanegaki Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9020633/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Hayakawa Shinkatsu as Toyohime in the play "Goshozome Koyo Gunki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9010909/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as an Incarnation of the Dragon King in the Play Saki Masuya Ume on Kachidoki, Performed at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8950353/image-dragon-paper-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8949513/image-cartoon-horse-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Taira no Tomomori in the Play Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9011329/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Bando Zenji I as Nagahashi Saburo, Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otatsu-gitsune, Nakamura Konozo as Hagai Ujitsune, and an… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8951151/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Lady Hangaku (Hangaku Gozen) in the Play Wada-gassen Onna Maizuru, Performed at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9030811/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Sawamura Tamagashira as a Strolling Musician in the Play Dai Danna Kanjincho, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8948664/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otatsu-gitsune, Nakamura Nakazo I as Raigo Ajari, Sakata Tojuro III as Kamada Gon-no-kami… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8954245/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ashikaga Takauji in the Play Kaeribana Eiyu Taiheiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8945021/image-cartoon-person-birdFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Courtesan Toyama of Tsuruga in the Play Keisei Tsuki no Miyako, Performed at the Morita… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8953451/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseScenery to be used in a toy theatre: a hall in a palace, walled with colonnades. Coloured lithograph. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13964867/image-cartoon-plant-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shinokobe Shoji Yukihira in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9020472/image-person-pattern-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Nakamura Takesaburo as Shikishi Naishinno and Tsuruya Nanboku as Gengoro in the play "Tategami Teika Kazura,"… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9042746/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Sumizome (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Goinosuke Yoshimine (left)… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8950043/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Raizo II as Murakami Hikoshiro Yoshiteru in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8948825/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Arashi Sangoro II as Hojo Tokiyori (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Koga Saburo (left), in the Play Kono Hana… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8949426/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the footman Gunsuke and Sakata Sajuro I as Yamaga no Sashiro in the play "Iro Jogo… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9701296/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseOnoe Tamizô II als Kumagai Naozane in het toneelstuk ‘Suma no miyako Genpei tsutsuji’, Kado Theater (1849) by Utagawa… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13736590/image-paper-horse-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Lady Yuya (Yuya Gozen) (?) in the Play Heike Hyobanki (?), Performed at the Nakamura… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8945527/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Takenuki Goro in the Play Eho Soga Nen-nen-goyomi, Performed at the Morita Theater in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8950305/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsukaze (right), Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8948999/image-cartoon-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Kirinami Onoe as Osasa in the play "Hachijin Taiheiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8951977/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Oboshi Yuranosuke in the play "Edo no Hana Ako no Shiogama," performed at the Kiri Theater… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8951173/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Kagekiyo Disguised as Omi Yawatanosuke in the Play Haru wa Soga Akebono-zoshi, Performed… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8949635/image-cartoon-horse-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Ichimura Uzaemon VIII, Ichimura Kamezo I as Wankyu, and Nakamura Kiyosaburo I as Matsuyama in the play… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8954653/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Otani Tomoemon I as Emohei (right), and Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as Sanada Yoichi (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8951645/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Saito Sanemori in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9019530/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Matsuo-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Nakamura Theater… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8949232/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ogata no Sabura (?) in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8948950/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Seigen in the Play Ise-goyomi Daido Ninen, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fall… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8950012/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Female Beancake Peddler Hyugaya in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8948690/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as the Woodcutter Gankutsu no Gorozo, in Act Four (?) of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9020779/image-cartoon-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as the Woodcutter Gankutsu no Gorozo in the Play Nue no… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8949634/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Sanjo Kantaro II as Osome and Ichikawa Monnosuke as Hisamatsu in the play "Osome Hisamatsu Tamoto no Shiro… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8948761/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain license