Preface, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Kezori Kuemon

Onoe Kikugorō V as Daiba no Jinzō and Ichikawa Sadanji I as Itamiya Jubei

Nakamura Sōjūrō I as Sano Genzaemon

Catching Fireflies

Arita Ware Kakiemon Floral-shaped Bowl

General Tamichi, from the series A Mirror of Famous Japanese Generals