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Courtesans of the Kadotamaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

Courtesans of the Ogiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

The Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Hotei Ichiemon in the Play Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1768

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1768

Sumo Wrestlers of the Western Group: (right) Kashiwado Kandayu from Edo, (left) and Inagawa Masaemon from Osaka

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1784

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Seijuro (right) and Onatsu (left), in the Elopement Scene "Michiyuki Hiyoku no Kiku-cho" (An Elopemet: Chrysanthemum-and-Butterfly Lovebirds), a Dance Interlude from Part Two of the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga (Flower of Kabuki: The Eternal Soga), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twenty-fifth Day of the Fourth Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Lady Manko (Manko Gozen) (?) in the Play Soga Musume Choja (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1784 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1784

Four courtesans of various houses, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 3

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

The Sumo Wrestler Onogawa Kisaburo of the Eastern Group, with an Attendant

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1782/86

The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1779

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke III as the Sumo Wrestler Shirafuji Genta in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1783

Katsukawa Shunjо̄, c. 1783

A Test of Skill - the Headwaters of Amorousness (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami): Osan and Mohei

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

Murasaki Shikibu: Bird, from the series "Famous Women and Their Poems on Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon (Meifu eika kacho fugetsu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1805

A Beauty Walking

Sugimura Jihei, 17th century

Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo matsu)"

Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine), early 19th century

Musicians from Tamaya Yahachi and hobby-horse dancers from Daimon Fujiya, from the series "Comic Performances by the Entertainers of the Pleasure Quarters at the Niwaka Festival (Seiro geiko niwaka kyogen zukushi)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu (right), Nakamura Kiyosaburo (center right), Sanogawa Senzo (center left), and Nakamura Kumetaro (left)

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1750

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I and a geisha, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Sansho Dayu (?)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

Cooling Off in the Evening at Shijogawara

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Outdoor Amusements at the Kankanro Teahouse in Yoshiwara

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1794

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue and Ichikawa Monnosuke III as Umegae

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1821

Eleven Actors Celebrating the Festival of the Shrine of the Soga Brothers

Torii Kiyonaga, 1788

Manzan of the Chojiya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1778/80

Archery (Sha), from the series "Informal Versions of the Six Accomplishments in the Floating World (Ukiyoe rikugei ryaku)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773/75