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Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786 - 1864

Memorial Portrait of Actors Ichimura Takenojō V as Kamiya Jisei and Bandô Kachō (?) as Kinokuniya Koharu

Beauties, from the triptych Hanamurasaki and the Visage of Genji

“Ni”: Actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Takebayashi Tadashichi Takashige, from the series Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai

Chatper 5 Youngn Murasaki, from the series Lady Murasaki’s Genji Cards

Actors Bandō Takesaburō I as Fuyuirō’s Younger Sister Teriha, Arashi Rikan III as Fisherman Namiroku, actually Muraoka Shinpei, and Bandō Shūka I as Namiroku’s Wife Koiso

Actor Bandō Hikosanburo V as Yumeba no Oiwa

The Sumo Wrestler Akashi Sharōgorō

No. 8 Actors Kataoka Gadō II as Fujiya Izaemon and Bandō Mitsugorō IV as Yoshidaya Kichizaemon, from the series Past and Present, Both Sides of the Leaf

Actor Bandō Mitsugorō III as Chūbei

No. 1 Sawamura Shozan as Krigane Bunchichi

Gonin Otoku was a gang of outlaws executed in 1702. Eventually the characters ceased to be villains and were transformed into feisty folk heroes who stood up to wicked Samurai. […]

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