Act Five (Godanme), from the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura)", c. 1830/35

Keisai Eisen

Japanese Beauty, c. 1956

Dennis Stock

Sugoroku Players, c. 1750

Torii Kiyohiro

Onchi Kōshirō, 1952

Sekino Jun’ichirō

Goose on riverbank, c. 1833/34

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Chuko Ryogoku Ori, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1790, c. 1790

Katsukawa Shun'ei

Okazaki: Yahagi Bridge (Okazaki, Yahagi no hashi), 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

The "Adam and Eve," Old Chelsea, 1878

James McNeill Whistler

Ohan and Choemon, from the series "Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)", c. 1798/99

Kitagawa Utamaro

Iris Garden, c. 1781/89

Katsukawa Shunchô

The Hana-no-en Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Hana-no-en), from a series of Genji parodies, c. 1710

Okumura Masanobu

The courtesan Kashiku of the Tsuruya with two child attendants, c. 1824/29

Kikukawa Eizan

Viewing Sunset over the Ryogoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment (Onmayagashi yori Ryogokubashi sekiyo o miru), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)", c. 1830/33

Katsushika Hokusai

The Tale of Genji, early 17th century

An Elegant Parody of the Six Poetic Immortals (Furyu yatsushi rokkasen): The Priest Kisen, c. 1793

Chôbunsai Eishi

Praying for Rain Komachi (Amagoi Komachi), Edo period (1615–1868), 1770

Shiba Kokan

Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain, Edo period (1615–1868), 1770

Suzuki Harunobu

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

Utagawa Hiroshige

Kameyama—No. 47, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido, c. 1847/52

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Actor Nakamura Denkuro I, c. 1700

Torii Kiyonobu I