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Depicted are the characters Kujaku Saburō Narihira 孔雀 三郎 成平 (left), Ono Komachi 小野 小町 (center), and Ōtomo Kuronushi 大伴 黒主 (right).
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Depicted are the kabuki actors Nakamura Shikan IV 四代目 中村 芝翫 as the wood cutter Ōtomo Kuronushi 大伴 黒主, who is plotting a coup d'état, and Sawamura Tanosuke III 三代目 中村 芝翫 as Sumizome 墨染, the spirit of the cherry tree.
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This diptych portrays the actors Ichikawa Ebizō V 五代目 市川 海老蔵 as Musashibō Benkei 武蔵坊 辨慶 (left) and Ichikawa Danjurō VIII 八代目 市川 団十郎 as Togashi Saemon 富樫 左衛門 (right).
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This diptych shows the ghost of Asakura Tōgo 朝倉當吾 returning to haunt the man responsible for his death, the corrupt governor Orikoshi Tairyō 織越大領. A kappa (a traditional folk monster) tumbles comically at Orikoshi’s feet.
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This triptych shows a scene from one of the many kabuki plays based on the revenge tale of the Soga曽我 brothers.
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Depicted in this print is the kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō 尾上菊五郎 as Hisayoshi Hashiba 羽柴久吉 (a pseudonym for Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣 秀吉) in the play Sanmon Gosan no Kiri.
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The kabuki actor Ichikawa Medama 市川目玉 as Ōboshi Yuranosuke in a scene from a kabuki adaptation of the bunraku play, Kanadehon Chūshingura.
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Vertical ōban woodblock. Number 9 of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō Road series features a portrait of the kabuki actor Iwai Hanshirō VII 七代目岩井半四郎 in the role of Ōiso no Tora 大磯のとら , a courtesan from a play based on the Soga Monogatari 曽我物語.