Murasaki Shikibu, Edo period (1615–1868), about 1784

Torii Kiyonaga

Hamamatsu—No. 30, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido, c. 1847/52

Utagawa Hiroshige

The White Coat, from the series "New Patterns of Brocade Woven in Utamaro Style (Nishiki-ori Utamaro-gata-moyo)", c. 1796/98

Kitagawa Utamaro

Yamauba Breast Feeding Kintaro, c. 1801/06

Kitagawa Utamaro

Snake (Mi): Nitan Shiro, from the series "Heroes for the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac (Buyu mitate junishi)", c. 1840

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Messenger with a Letter, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo no matsu)", c. 1797/98

Kitagawa Utamaro

Ishiyakushi—No. 45, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido, c. 1847/52

Utagawa Hiroshige

Nest Bassinet, 2005

Scott Wilson

Preparing a Meal, c. 1798/99

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Princess Hatsune (Hatsune Hime) (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Miyukinosuke Yukinari, in the Play Otokoyama Furisode Genji, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1785, c. 1785

Katsukawa Shunkо̄

Obi (Belt), late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century

Ushibori in Hitachi Province (Joshu Ushibori), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)", c. 1830/33

Katsushika Hokusai

Husband and Wife Caught in an Evening Shower (Fufu no Yudachi), from the series "Three Evening Pleasures of the Floating World" ("Ukiyo San Seki"), c. 1800

Kitagawa Utamaro

Tomimoto Toyohina, from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen) (Tomimoto Toyohina) (picture-riddle), c. 1795/96

Kitagawa Utamaro

A Selection of Six Flowers - A Parody Rokkasen (Yatsushi Rokkasen): Ono no Komachi, c. 1798

Chôbunsai Eishi

Young Couple Dressed as Mendicant Monks, c. 1794

Kitagawa Utamaro

Iris Garden, c. 1781/89

Katsukawa Shunchô

Hinazuru of the Chojiya, Whose Attendants Are Tsuruji and Tsuruno (Chojiya uchi Hinazuru, Tsuruji, Tsuruno), from the series "Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (Toji zensei bijin-zoroe)", 1794

Kitagawa Utamaro

Naniwaya Okita, c. 1793

Kitagawa Utamaro

Obvious Love (Arawaruru koi), from the series "Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu)", c. 1793/94

Kitagawa Utamaro