Kabuki

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The actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV in the role of Kenkaya Gorokichi | Edo period, 19th century

Artists

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The Sokolov Collection

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Utagawa Toyokuni

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Utagawa Toyokuni, Toyokuni I

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Katsukawa Shuntei

Shomei Tomatsu

Toyohara Kunichika

Torii Kiyonaga, 'Four kabuki actors'

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Katsukawa Shunsho

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The actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV in the role of Kenkaya Gorokichi | Edo period, 19th century

Utagawa Toyokuni, Toyokuni I

日本江戶時代歌川豊國《進藤内蔵之助　荻野伊三郎（二代目）》木刻版畫

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Snow: The actor Onoe Baiko V in the role of Iwakura Sogen (Yuki: Iwakura no Sogen, Onoe Baiko), Meiji period, late 19th century

The Sokolov Collection

Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762-1819) The actor Sawamura Kunitaro in the role of an onnagata performing at a theatre in Osaka, Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century

Katsukawa Shuntei — The actors Matsumoto Koshiro V, Iwai Hanshiro V and Suketakaya Shirogoro | Edo period, 19th century

Utagawa Toyokuni — The actor Onoe Matsusuke in the role of the Ghost of Kohada Koheji | Edo period, 19th century

Utagawa Toyokuni — The actors Sawamura Sojuro III and Bando Hikosaburo III in the roles of Prince Koretaka (Koretaka Shinno) and Bando Taro performing in the play Gin Sekai Matsu ni Yukihira at the Kiri-za Theatre | Edo period, late 18th century

Unknown — The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in the role of the Wet Nurse Shigenoi | Edo period, late 18th century

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