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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 game of tag'
1770s Koryusai pins 446
'A game of tag'

A <i>bijin</i> admiring morning glories (朝顔を見る美人)
1775 Koryusai morning glory
A bijin admiring morning glories (朝顔を見る美人)

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)

An amorous couple possibly by Suzuki Harunobu
1770 Harunobu letter.jpg
An amorous couple possibly by Suzuki Harunobu

Arashi Sangorō II
1780s Shunsho sangogo ii
Arashi Sangorō II

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

Cooling off at the riverside
1770c Koryusai cooling off
Cooling off at the riverside

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

Dressed in white in the eight month (<i>Hachigatsu shiromuku</i>): Michiharu (道はる) of the Tsutaya (蔦屋内) from the series <i>Models for Fashion: New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves</i> (<i>Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyō</i> - 雛形若菜の初模様)
1775c Koryusai Cortesan Michih
Dressed in white in the eight month (Hachigatsu shiromuku): Michiharu (道はる) of the Tsutaya (蔦屋内) from the series Models for Fashion: New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyō - 雛形若菜の初模様)

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)

First Archery of the New Year (<i>Yumi hajime</i> - 弓はじめ) from the album <i>Saishiki mitsu no asa</i> (彩色美津朝) or 'Colors of the Triple Dawn'
1780c Kiyonaga archery
First Archery of the New Year (Yumi hajime - 弓はじめ) from the album Saishiki mitsu no asa (彩色美津朝) or 'Colors of the Triple Dawn'

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)

Hotei fording a river with a young woman on his back
1769 Harunobu Hotei
Hotei fording a river with a young woman on his back

<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)

Ichimura Uzaemon IX [市村羽左衛門] as Soga no Gorō [曽我の五郎]
1780 Shunsho Hosoban
Ichimura Uzaemon IX [市村羽左衛門] as Soga no Gorō [曽我の五郎]

<i>Haikai meoto Mane'emon</i> 6 (俳諧女夫-まねへもん -  六) or 'Mane'emon Discovers a Miniature Woman Under a Basket' from the series <i>Poems of the Male and Female Mane'emon</i>
1770s Koryusai manayemon
Haikai meoto Mane'emon 6 (俳諧女夫-まねへもん - 六) or 'Mane'emon Discovers a Miniature Woman Under a Basket' from the series Poems of the Male and Female Mane'emon

<i>Komachi at Kiyomizu Temple - Shimizu</i> (しみづ) from the series <i>Seven Fashionable Komachis</i> (<i>Fūryū nana Komachi</i> - 風流七小町)
1769-70ca Harunobu pins 143
Komachi at Kiyomizu Temple - Shimizu (しみづ) from the series Seven Fashionable Komachis (Fūryū nana Komachi - 風流七小町)

Illustrated book on warriors volumes 1 & 3 of 3 bound in one (attributed to Okamoto Masafusa [岡本昌房])
1700s Okamoto Masafusa ehon
Illustrated book on warriors volumes 1 & 3 of 3 bound in one (attributed to Okamoto Masafusa [岡本昌房])

<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')

<i>Shunga</i> of a couple on a balcony engaged in sex from <i>Koshoku zue juni-ko</i> (好色図会十二候) or 'Erotic Pictures for the 12 Months'
1780c Shuncho Balcony shunga.j
Shunga of a couple on a balcony engaged in sex from Koshoku zue juni-ko (好色図会十二候) or 'Erotic Pictures for the 12 Months'

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)

Lovers on boat
1768ca Harunobu 01
Lovers on boat

Lovers standing on a pier embracing in the moonlight
1774ca Koryusai boat landing
Lovers standing on a pier embracing in the moonlight

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