Beauties of the Three Capitals: Shimabara in Kyoto (right), Yoshiwara in Edo (center), and Shinmachi in Osaka (left)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Sukeroku in the play "Choseiden Fudan-zakura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fourth month, 1756

1756 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e

Lovers on a Veranda

1755 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Jo and Ichimura Kichigoro as Uba in a scene from Takasago

1755 · Color woodblock print; uncut hosoban diptych, benizuri-e

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Sengokuya Ihei and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as his wife Omatsu in the play "Kashiwa ga Toge Kichirei no Sumo," performed at Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1755

1755 · Color woodblock print; oban, benizuri-e

Three Young Dreamers

1755 · Color woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, benizuri-e

The Actors Segawa Kichiji II as Okichi, Bando Hikosaburo II as Shuntokumaru, and Onoe Kikugoro I as Sagizaka Bannai in the play "Yura Sengen Tsuki no Minato," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth month, 1754

1754 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e