Bandô Matatarô III (left) and Ichimura Manzô (right) playing the roles of Ômori Hikoshichi and Kusunoki Masatsura in the kaomise drama "Tokiwagi Taiheiki", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1739 at the Ichimuraza

Ôtani Hiroemon II (left), Ôtani Oniji I (center) and Ichikawa Ebizô II (right) playing the roles of the nyûdô Itô, Oniwakamaru and Benshin in the kaomise drama "Suehiro Izu Nikki", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1745 at the Nakamuraza

Ichikawa Ebizô II (1st from left), Arashi Koroku I (2nd from left), Ôtani Oniji I (2nd from right) and Hanai Saizaburô III (1st from right) playing the roles of Watari Shinzaemon, Kokonoe, Ômori Hikoshichi and Sagami no Jirô in the kaomise drama "Tenchi Taiheiki", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1746 at the Nakamuraza