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A courtesan with her <i>kamuro</i> possibly from the Matsubaya
1790c Eisho Pins 894
A courtesan with her kamuro possibly from the Matsubaya

Act 8 of the <i>Chūshingura</i> (忠臣蔵八段目): 'The Wedding Journey' possibly through the pine forests of Miho
1790c Shunei outing
Act 8 of the Chūshingura (忠臣蔵八段目): 'The Wedding Journey' possibly through the pine forests of Miho

A Lucky New Year Dream of a Mouse Wedding (鼠の嫁入りの初夢)
1792ca Toyokuni I lucky new ye
A Lucky New Year Dream of a Mouse Wedding (鼠の嫁入りの初夢)

Ariwara Narihira and Ono no Komachi (在原業平と小野小町) from the series <i>Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals</i> (<i>Goshiki zome rokkasen</i> - 五色染六歌仙) 
1798 Utamaro couple
Ariwara Narihira and Ono no Komachi (在原業平と小野小町) from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki zome rokkasen - 五色染六歌仙) 

Asao Tamejūrō I [浅尾為十郎] operating a <i>bunraku</i> puppet
1790 Shunei
Asao Tamejūrō I [浅尾為十郎] operating a bunraku puppet

A tea house waitress in front of an <i>oyasumi-dokoro</i> (御休所)  at the Sansha Daigongen (三社大権現) shrine
1790c Shunkyoku hashira-e
A tea house waitress in front of an oyasumi-dokoro (御休所) at the Sansha Daigongen (三社大権現) shrine

Couple in front of a toothbrush shop - possibly the <i>Shuchu-ka</i> (酒中花)
1800c Eisho hashira-e
Couple in front of a toothbrush shop - possibly the Shuchu-ka (酒中花)

Courtesan seated at a writing desk from the album <i>Spring in the Four Directions</i> (<i>Yomo no haru</i> - 四方の巴流)
1796 Eishi surimono
Courtesan seated at a writing desk from the album Spring in the Four Directions (Yomo no haru - 四方の巴流)

Courtesans in a brothel - left-hand panel from a triptych showing the forces of good and evil influences in the red-light district (遊郭善玉悪玉 - <i>Yūkaku zendama akudama</i>)
1790c Chōki onis
Courtesans in a brothel - left-hand panel from a triptych showing the forces of good and evil influences in the red-light district (遊郭善玉悪玉 - Yūkaku zendama akudama)

Courtesans of Tsutaya Teahouse with near the Ryōgoku Bridge - one panel of a pentaptych
1790s Toyokuni tsutaya teahous
Courtesans of Tsutaya Teahouse with near the Ryōgoku Bridge - one panel of a pentaptych

Courtesans parading under lanterns: Nishikido (錦戸) of the Chōjiya, <i>kamuro</i> Kikuno (きくの) and Utano (うたの) in the right panel; Nanakoshi (七こし) of the Ōgiya (扇や), <i>kamuro</i> Mineno (みねの) and Takane (たかね) in the left panel - These are the center and right hand panels of a triptych
1780s Shuncho beni girai
Courtesans parading under lanterns: Nishikido (錦戸) of the Chōjiya, kamuro Kikuno (きくの) and Utano (うたの) in the right panel; Nanakoshi (七こし) of the Ōgiya (扇や), kamuro Mineno (みねの) and Takane (たかね) in the left panel - These are the center and right hand panels of a triptych

Elegant women with attendants in a parody of a daimyō's procession - these are the center 3 of a 5 panel pentaptych
1790c Toyokuni I oiran and kam
Elegant women with attendants in a parody of a daimyō's procession - these are the center 3 of a 5 panel pentaptych

Farm wives relaxing (<i>Ikou nōfu</i> - 憩う農婦) from the series <i>Kyōka-iri aiban fūzoku zu</i> (狂歌入間判風俗図)
1795c Utamaro Bijin Farmers
Farm wives relaxing (Ikou nōfu - 憩う農婦) from the series Kyōka-iri aiban fūzoku zu (狂歌入間判風俗図)

Geisha and <i>wakashu</i> at Matsumoto tea house
1790 ca Eishi geisha & wakasha
Geisha and wakashu at Matsumoto tea house

Hanaōgi (花扇) of the Ōgiya house (扇屋内) with <i>kamuro Yoshino</i> (よしの) and Tatsuta from the series <i>Comparison of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters</i> (<i>Seirō bijin awase</i> - 青楼美人合)
1795c Eisho Oiran
Hanaōgi (花扇) of the Ōgiya house (扇屋内) with kamuro Yoshino (よしの) and Tatsuta from the series Comparison of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirō bijin awase - 青楼美人合)

Hinazuru of the Chōjiya (丁子屋雛鶴) from the series <i>Beauties of the Yoshiwara as Six Floral Immortals</i> (<i>Seirō bijin Rokkasen</i> - 青楼美人六花仙)
1795c Eishi 01
Hinazuru of the Chōjiya (丁子屋雛鶴) from the series Beauties of the Yoshiwara as Six Floral Immortals (Seirō bijin Rokkasen - 青楼美人六花仙)

<i>7 Imaginary Chinese Creatures</i> (<i>shōjō</i>)<i> in a Drunken State</i> (<i>Shichi-nin shōjō zuburoku no zu</i> - 七人猩々酩酊之図) - left panel of a triptych
1798c Utamaro 02
7 Imaginary Chinese Creatures (shōjō) in a Drunken State (Shichi-nin shōjō zuburoku no zu - 七人猩々酩酊之図) - left panel of a triptych

Ichikawa Yaozō IV (市川八百蔵) as Omuraya Denbei (伝兵衛) and Iwai Kumesaburō I (岩井粂三郎) as the courtesan Oshun (おしゅん) in the play <i>Keisei byōbu ura</i>  (A Courtesan: a folding screen and the seashore) (けいせい屏風浦)
1800 Toyokuni I ichikawa yaozo
Ichikawa Yaozō IV (市川八百蔵) as Omuraya Denbei (伝兵衛) and Iwai Kumesaburō I (岩井粂三郎) as the courtesan Oshun (おしゅん) in the play Keisei byōbu ura (A Courtesan: a folding screen and the seashore) (けいせい屏風浦)

<i>Seirō niwaka zensei asobi</i>: <i>Ni no kawari</i> (青楼仁和嘉全盛遊: 二ノ替り - 'Popular Entertainment at the Niwaka Festival, Yoshiwara: Second Transformation')
1791-94 ca Shunzan
Seirō niwaka zensei asobi: Ni no kawari (青楼仁和嘉全盛遊: 二ノ替り - 'Popular Entertainment at the Niwaka Festival, Yoshiwara: Second Transformation')

Kintarō reading an <i>ehon</i> on the back of a bear accompanied by an <i>oni</i> holding an ax
1789 Kiyonaga kintaro bear.jpg
Kintarō reading an ehon on the back of a bear accompanied by an oni holding an ax

Kisegawa of the Matsubaya House (松葉屋喜瀬川) from the series <i>Six Beautiful Flowers of the Gay Quarters</i> (<i>Chaya Bijin Rokkasen</i> - 青楼美人六歌仙)
1795c Eishi kisegawa
Kisegawa of the Matsubaya House (松葉屋喜瀬川) from the series Six Beautiful Flowers of the Gay Quarters (Chaya Bijin Rokkasen - 青楼美人六歌仙)

Married man and widow with a smoking set beside them from the series <i>Unraveling the Threads of Desire</i> (<i>Negai no ito-guchi</i> - ねがいの糸口)
1799 Utamaro Unraveling Thread
Married man and widow with a smoking set beside them from the series Unraveling the Threads of Desire (Negai no ito-guchi - ねがいの糸口)

Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) and Arashi Sampachi I (嵐三八)
1796ca Toyokuni sumo
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) and Arashi Sampachi I (嵐三八)

Okaru (おかる) and Yuranosuke (由良之助) in a scene from Chapter 7 of the Chūshingura
1790s Choki pins 846
Okaru (おかる) and Yuranosuke (由良之助) in a scene from Chapter 7 of the Chūshingura

Party on the <i>daifuku</i> (大福) pleasure boat
1795c Eishi Boat ride
Party on the daifuku (大福) pleasure boat

Party on the <i>Daifuku</i> (大福) pleasure boat
1796-97 eishi boat triptych
Party on the Daifuku (大福) pleasure boat

Rape scene (<i>shunga</i>)
1790ca Eiri shunga rape
Rape scene (shunga)

 Sawamura Sōjūrō III (沢村宗十郎) performs a <i>mie</i> possibly in the role of Konomura Ōinosuke [此村大炊之助]
1795c Toyokuni I Otani Oniji I
Sawamura Sōjūrō III (沢村宗十郎) performs a mie possibly in the role of Konomura Ōinosuke [此村大炊之助]

Sawamura Sojūrō III in the role of a samurai
1790s Shunei sojuro iii
Sawamura Sojūrō III in the role of a samurai

Segawa Kikunojō III [瀬川菊之丞] as a woman crouching with a sword
1778 Shunsho kikunojo
Segawa Kikunojō III [瀬川菊之丞] as a woman crouching with a sword

Segawa Kikunojō III [瀬川菊之丞] as Chōkichi [長吉] in the play <i>Sumida no haru geisha katagi</i> (隅田春妓女容性)
1800c Toyokuni I actor
Segawa Kikunojō III [瀬川菊之丞] as Chōkichi [長吉] in the play Sumida no haru geisha katagi (隅田春妓女容性)

Shunga print attributed to Utamaro, but possibly by Shunman
1790s Utamaro shunga
Shunga print attributed to Utamaro, but possibly by Shunman

Sumō bout between Tanikaze (<i>Nishi Tanikaze</i> 西 谷風) and Onogawa (<i>Azuma Onogawa</i> - 東 小野川)
1790c Shunko tanikaze onogawa
Sumō bout between Tanikaze (Nishi Tanikaze 西 谷風) and Onogawa (Azuma Onogawa - 東 小野川)

The actor Ichikawa Yaozō III
1790s Shunei yaozo iii
The actor Ichikawa Yaozō III

The courtesan Hanaōgi (花扇) of the Ōgi House (扇屋内) - <i>Ōgiya uchi Hanaōgi </i>
1790 Eisui courtesan Beach
The courtesan Hanaōgi (花扇) of the Ōgi House (扇屋内) - Ōgiya uchi Hanaōgi

The courtesan Kasugano of the Sasaya (笹屋春日野) after a bath from the series <i>Contest of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters</i> (<i>Kakuchū bijin kurabe</i> - 郭中美人競)
1794 Eisho
The courtesan Kasugano of the Sasaya (笹屋春日野) after a bath from the series Contest of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Kakuchū bijin kurabe - 郭中美人競)

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