Sei Shonagon, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)", c. 1833/34

Katsushika Hokusai

Clearing Weather at Awazu (Awazu seiran), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)", 1857

Utagawa Hiroshige

Akashi of the Tamaya, from the series Seven Komachis of Yoshiwara (Seiro nana Komachi) (Tamaya uchi Akashi, Uraji, Shimano), c. 1794/95

Kitagawa Utamaro

Ginjuro's Wife Oyumi from the Play "Whirlpools of Awa" (Awa no naruto, Ginjuro nyobo Oyumi), from the series "Bamboo Nodes in Puppet Theater Designs (Ayatsuri moyo take no hitofushi)", 1806

Kitagawa Utamaro

Hara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido), c. 1837/42

Utagawa Hiroshige

No. 26: Mochizuki, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Flute (Hichiriki), from the series "Fashionable Musical Amusements of Children (Furyu kodomo asobi ongaku)", c. 1770/72

Isoda Koryusai

A Courtesan Reading a Letter, 1820/25

Chôbunsai Eishi

Kobo Daishi (Kukai) as a Boy (Chigo Daishi), 15th century

Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River, c. 1792

Chôbunsai Eishi

Kutani-Style Sweets Tray, c. 1825

In a Pleasure House in Shinagawa (Shinagawa no rojo), n.d.

Chôbunsai Eishi

Goten Hill at Shinagawa on the Tokaido (Tokaido Shinagawa Gotenyama), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)", c. 1830/33

Katsushika Hokusai

Beneath Mannen Bridge in Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannenbashi shita) from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)", c. 1830/33

Katsushika Hokusai

Tenno Temple, Osaka (Osaka Tennōji), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu), 1927

Kawase Hasui

Japanese Beauty, c. 1956

Dennis Stock

Kesa, Early 19th century, Late Edo period (1789–1868)

Young Couple Under an Umbrella in the Snow, c. 1770

Isoda Koryusai

Pacific Ocean, Awa Province (Boshu Taikai), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)", 1925

Kawase Hasui

Japanese White-eyes and Chrysanthemums, c. 1830/44

Utagawa Hiroshige