Hour of the Tiger [4 am], Courtesan (Tora no koku, keisei), from the series "Customs of Beauties Around the Clock (Fuzoku bijin tokei)", c. 1798/1800
Kitagawa Utamaro
Tatsumi Roko, from the series “Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets" ("Komei bijin rokkasen"), c. 1794/96
Kitagawa Utamaro
A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase): Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya in Procession (Tamaya Hanamurasaki dochu no zu), c. 1795
Chôbunsai Eishi
Fuchu: View of the Licensed Quarter in Nichomachi (Fuchu, Nichomachi kuruwa no zu), 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
Three Young Dreamers, c. 1760
Torii Kiyohiro
Hotei Smoking his Pipe, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu), c. 1814
Katsushika Hokusai
Geese Descending at Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no rakugan), from the series "Eight Views of the Edo Pleasure Quarters (Edo irozato hakkei)", c. 1770/72
Isoda Koryusai
Cherry Blossom Banquet (Oka no utage), n.d.
Kitagawa Utamaro
A Spa in Spring, 1940
Yoshida Hiroshi
The Flying Tea Ceremony Kettle (Tonda Chagama), c. 1770
Ippitsusai Buncho
The Sumo Wrestler Kurogumo Otozô with the Teahouse Waitress Naniwa Okita, Early 1790s
Katsukawa Shun'ei
Winter in Aizu, n.d.
Saito Kiyoshi
Shimosa Province: Choshi Beach on the Outer Bay (Shimosa, Choshi no hama Toura), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)", 1853
Utagawa Hiroshige
Woman Reading a Letter, from the series Ten Classes of Women's Physiognomy (Fujo ninso juppon) (Fumi yomu onna), c. 1792/93
Kitagawa Utamaro
The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Onio Shinzaemon and Onoe Kikugoro I as the courtesan Usugumo in the play "Nanakusa Wakayagi Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1744, 1744
Torii Kiyomasu II
The actor Sawamura Tozo I as Dogen no Okichi in the play "Yoshiwara Niwaka no Banzuke," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1804, 1804
Utagawa Toyokuni I
Mirror of Elegance (Furyu kesho kagami), n.d.
Tamagawa Shûchô
Autumn Moon over Tama River (Tamagawa no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinko hakkei no uchi)", c. 1837/38
Utagawa Hiroshige
Snow in Nakazato (Nakazato no yuki), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai no uchi)", 1928
Yoshida Hiroshi
Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu : Asazumabune Ogiuri Uta....., 1793
Kitagawa Utamaro