Ukiyo-e — Page 45

The Courtesan Seyama of the Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans of the Matsubaya as five musicians

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

The Courtesan Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans of the Matsubaya as five musicians

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

The Courtesan Matsukaze of the Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans of the Matsubaya as five musicians

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Act VIII (Hachidanme), from the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Komurasaki and Gonpachi, from the series "Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Sankatsu and Hanshichi, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Ohan and Choemon, from the series "Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Ohatsu and Tokubei, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Koharu and Jihei, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

The Courtesans Somenosuke and Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from the series "A Mirror of Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro yukun awase kagami)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Hour of the Tiger [4 am], Courtesan (Tora no koku, keisei), from the series "Customs of Beauties Around the Clock (Fuzoku bijin tokei)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Hour of the Ox (Ushi no koku) Fukagawa Pleasure Quarter (Tatsumi), from the series "Customs of Beauties Around the Clock (Fuzoku bijin tokei)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Cloth-Strecher, from the series "Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Mosquito Net, from the series Model Young Women in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata) (Kaya)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Yosooi of the Matsubaya, from the series Selections from Six Houses in Yoshiwara (Seiro rokkasen) (Matsubaya Yosooi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/02

Stone Bridge

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/02

Ginjuro's Wife Oyumi from the Play "Whirlpools of Awa" (Awa no naruto, Ginjuro nyobo Oyumi), from the series "Bamboo Nodes in Puppet Theater Designs (Ayatsuri moyo take no hitofushi)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1806

Tsukioka of the Hyogoya (Hyogoya uchi tsukioka), from the series "Seiro bijin meika awase"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801

Fond of Sake (Sakezuki), from the series "Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today (Tosei kobutsu hakkei)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/02

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

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/98

Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Beauties (Bijin kiryo kurabe) (Keizetsuro Hinazuru)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

High-Ranked Courtesan, from the series Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter (Hokkoku goshiki-zumi) (Oiran)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Southern Teahouse

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.