Woman's Obi (Sash) Fabric, Taishô period (1912–1926) / Shôwa period (1926–1989), first half of the 20th century
Sirenin ocas (Siren's Tail), 1937
Ladislav Sutnar
Ehon monomi ga oka, Reproduction of an 18th century original
Hour of the Ox [2am] (Ushi no koku), from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)", c. 1794
Kitagawa Utamaro
Tying Thread, from the series “Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity" ("Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami"), c. 1797/98
Kitagawa Utamaro
Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)", 1795
Utagawa Toyokuni I
Hour of the Monkey [4pm] (Saru no koku), from the series “The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara” ("Seiro juni toki tsuzuki"), c. 1794
Kitagawa Utamaro
Geisha of the West District, n.d.
Kitagawa Utamaro
An American Mercantile Building in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin shokan no zu), 1861
Utagawa Sadahide
Reading a Letter, c. 1688
Furuyama Moroshige
The Courtesan Senzan of the Chojiya, from the series "Beauties of the Five Festivals (Bijin gosekku)", c. 1795/1800
Ichirakutei Eisui
The Evening Bell at Miidera (Mii no banshō), from the series "Eight Views in Omi Province (Omi hakkei no uchi)", 1837–38
Utagawa Hiroshige
Twilight Moon at the Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku no yoizuki), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)", c. 1831
Utagawa Hiroshige
At the Ferry Boat Landing, c. 1804
Kitagawa Utamaro
No. 58: Tarui, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)", c. 1835/38
Utagawa Hiroshige
Act Seven, from the series "Treasury of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura) (Shichi-damme)", c. 1801/02
Kitagawa Utamaro
The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya with her Attendants, from the series "Edo Purple in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro Edo murasaki)", c. 1790
Chôbunsai Eishi
Enjoying the Cool in a Garden, c. 1788/90
Kitagawa Utamaro
Tenji Tenno (The Emperor Tenji), first poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse, c. 1835/36
Katsushika Hokusai
Hotei, from the series "Comparison of the Treasures of the Gods of Good Fortune (Fukujin takara awase)", c. 1795
Chôbunsai Eishi