Hour of the Monkey [4pm] (Saru no koku), from the series “The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara” ("Seiro juni toki tsuzuki"), c. 1794
Kitagawa Utamaro
Hour of the Dragon (Tatsu no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)", c. 1794
Kitagawa Utamaro
Naniwaya Okita, c. 1793
Kitagawa Utamaro
Hour of the Boar (I no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)", c. 1794
Kitagawa Utamaro
Hour of the Dog (Inu no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)", c. 1794
Kitagawa Utamaro
Appearing Again: Naniwaya Okita, from the series “Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets" ("Komei bijin rokkasen"), c. 1795/96
Kitagawa Utamaro
Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)", c. 1795/96
Kitagawa Utamaro
The Asahiya Widow, from the series “Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets" ("Komei bijin rokkasen"), c. 1795/96
Kitagawa Utamaro
Obvious Love (Arawaruru koi), from the series "Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu)", c. 1793/94
Kitagawa Utamaro
Geisha and Attendant on a Rainy Night, c. 1797
Kitagawa Utamaro
Messenger with a Letter, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo no matsu)", c. 1797/98
Kitagawa Utamaro
The Style of a Feudal Lord’s Household (Yashiki-fu), from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tosei fuzoku tsu), c. 1800/01
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Geisha (Geigi), from the series “Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties" ("Tosei bijin san’yu"), c. 1800
Kitagawa Utamaro
Tsukioka of the Hyogoya (Hyogoya uchi tsukioka), from the series "Seiro bijin meika awase", c. 1801
Kitagawa Utamaro
Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo (Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo), c. 1800
Kitagawa Utamaro
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
The Courtesan Umegawa and Chubei from the Courier Service (Umegawa, Chubei), c. 1797
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Lovers under an Umbrella, c. 1797
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Double Pillow, c. 1794/95
Kitagawa Utamaro
Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, [whose attendants are] Sasano, Takeno (Matsubaya uchi Kisegawa, Sasano, Takeno), from the series “Seven Komachi of Yoshiwara” ("Seiro nana Komachi"), c. 1794/95
Kitagawa Utamaro