#yakusha-e

[nishiki-e]

Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Saitô Tarôzaemon (R), Onoe Baikô IV as Nagai's wife Hanazono (L), Utagwa Kunisada, 1847

[a-bit-of-japanology]

The actor Sawamura Tanosuke III playing the role of the courtesan Miyagino in the drama "Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1870 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Toyohara Kunichika)

source

[lionofchaeronea]

A Memorial Portrait of Onoe Kikugoro IV, Yoshitoshi, 1860

[theartsyproject]

Utagawa Toyokuni, Utaemon Nakamura III as Genzō Takebe, c. 1801.  

[nishiki-e]

Actors Onoe Baikô IV as Shizuka Gozen (R), Nakamura Utaemon VI as Satô Tadanobu (L), Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

[nishiki-e]

Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV, Onoe Baiko IV, and Arashi Koroku V in Shiki no Hina Asakusa Hakkei (f.k.a Kyô Ningyô), Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

[nishiki-e]

Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Jiraiya (R), Iwai Kumesaburô III as Inaka musume Otsuna (L), Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

[nishiki-e]

Actors and Comedy, Comparison of Hits, Toyohara Kunichika, 1873