The Annunciation to the Shepherds, 1599

Jan Saenredam

The Prodigal Son as a Swineherd, c. 1603-05

Jan Saenredam

The actors Nakamura Tomijuro II as the wet nurse Shigenoi and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Jinenjo no Sankichi in the play "Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1854, 1854

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Fragmentary Bowl, Song dynasty (960–1279), 12th/13th century

The actors Ichikawa Enzo as Chobei's Son Nagamatsu (R), Ichikawa Ebizo V as Banzui Chobei (C), and Ichikawa Komazo VI as Hanaregoma Shirobei (L), c. 1847/52

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The actor Segawa Kikunojo V as Nuregami Chogoro, c. 1830

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as Asahina Tobei, c. 1841

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The actors Onoe Kikugoro III as Hayano Kanpei and Mimasu Gennosuke as Enya Hangan, 1822

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Actors as Genroku, Otsuma, and Shokuro, from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes, c. 1851/52

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Actors as Fukashichi and Omiwa from the play "Imoseyama," from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes, 1852

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The actor Ichikawa Kuzo II as Tanigoro, c. 1842

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Kiritsubo, No. 1 from the series "Murasaki Shikibu's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)", 1857

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

The actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Matsugae Matonosuke and Ichikawa Komazo VII as Nikki Danjo in the play "Konoshita Kage Masago no Datezome," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1855, 1855

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Mashiba Hisatsugu, 1851

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The actor Bando Hikosaburo V as Konjin Chogoro, from the series "One Hundred Selected Actors (Haiyu hyakkasen)", 1864

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Inada Kozo disguised as Yamagata Gyobunosuke, 1861

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Begonias of Mount Ashigara (Ashigarayama no shukaido): Bando Hikosaburo V as Yamauba, from the series "Contemporary Versions of Thirty-six Selected Flowers (Tosei mitate sanjurokkasen)", 1862

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Actors as Fujisawa Shiro, Asari Yoichi, and Hangaku, from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes, c. 1851/52

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Ukiyo gafu (Book of Keisai's Popular Pictures), one vol. of 10, n.d.

Keisai Eisen

Keisai soga (Sketches of Keisai), one vol. of 5, 19th century

Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)