Fashion Design, 1920s/30s

The Evening Mistress at Ueno (Ueno no bansho), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)", c. 1769

Suzuki Harunobu

Clearing Weather at Asakusa (Asakusa no seiran), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)", c. 1768/69

Suzuki Harunobu

Musashi, from the series "Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)", c. 1772

Isoda Koryusai

Kaoru of the Shin-Kanaya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)", 1780

Isoda Koryusai

Clearing Weather of the Fan (Ogi no seiran), from the series "Fashionable Parodies of the Eight Parlor Views (Furyu mitate zashiki hakkei)", c. 1773/75

Isoda Koryusai

Settsu, from the series "Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)", c. 1772

Isoda Koryusai

"Ro": Seaweed, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", c. 1772/73

Katsukawa Shunsho

Matsukaze, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)", c. 1789/94

Chôbunsai Eishi

Ohatsu and Tokubei, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)", c. 1798/99

Kitagawa Utamaro

Two Women at Convent Avenue Baptist Church, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A.", 1977, printed 2010

Dawoud Bey

The Fourth Month (Shi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)", c. 1793

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Suma, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)", c. 1789/94

Chôbunsai Eishi

New Fashion of the Half-World. Reappearance of the baskets – it seems that these ladies are not yet quite done with their harvest, plate 295 from Actualités, published December 4, 1856

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

"Nu": Crossing Tatsuta, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", c. 1772/73

Katsukawa Shunsho

The Seventh Month (Shichi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)", c. 1793

Utagawa Toyokuni I

"Shi," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", c. 1772/73

Katsukawa Shunsho

Man's Waistcoat, Embroidered 1780s; altered 1795–1805

"O": Catalpa Bow, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", c. 1772/73

Katsukawa Shunsho

The Moon (Tsuki), from the series "Fashionable Scenes of Snow, Moon and Flowers (Furyu setsugekka)", c. 1768/69

Suzuki Harunobu