Top row:
Print 1 (leftmost): Character depicted: Ohide no Kata (お秀の方), from an unknown play. Sponsor: Shimizu Hisashi (清水尚士).
Print 2 (centre-left): Character depicted: Keya Mondo (毛谷主水), possibly the retainer of Kuroda Nagamasa. Sponsor: Katsurayama Iwaji (葛山磐次).
Print 3 (centre-right): Character depicted: the thief Kichisa (吉三) (probably from the kabuki play Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai ("The Three Kichisas")). Sponsor: Nakamura Harumasa (中村治祐).
Print 4 (rightmost): Character depicted: Torazo (虎蔵), possibly from Kiichi Hogen Sanryaku no Maki ("Kiichi Hogen’s Book of Strategy"). Sponsor: Kikuya Tea Shop (キクヤ喫茶店).

Bottom row:
Print 5 (leftmost): Character depicted: Izumo no Kami (出雲守), probably "Matsue Izumo-no-Kami" from the play Kochiyama. Sponsor: 繋見立志?
Print 6 (centre-left): Character depicted: Gotobei (五斗兵衛), probably from the play Yoshitsune Koshigoejo. Sponsor: Inoue Iwataro (井上岩太郎).
Print 7 (centre-right): Character depicted: Kojiro (幸次郎) (possibly from the play Sandaibanashi kouza no shinsaku). Sponsor: Hasegawa Giichiro (長谷川儀一郎).
Print 8 (rightmost): Character depicted: Inuchiyo (犬千代), also known as Maeda Toshiie, one of Oda Nobunaga's leading generals. Sponsor: Masada Fukumatsu (政田冨久松).