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A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase): Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya in Procession (Tamay…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1795

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono holding a fan, with a black lacquer box beside her.

A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase): Misayama of the Chojiya in Night Dress (Tokogi…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1796

Woodblock print of a courtesan with gold hairpins holding a branch of pink blossoms, wearing a purple patterned kimono.

The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795

Woodblock print of three elegantly dressed women with ornate hairpins, one holding a round hand mirror, in pastel kimono.

Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): Kisegawa of the Matsubaya with Attendants Onami and Menami

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1797

Woodblock print of a woman bending by a river beside a willow tree, with mountains and a wooden tub of cloth.

The Chofu Jewel River in Musashi Province (Musashi Chofu no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1785

Three women in kimono on a veranda under paper lanterns, with boats and bathers on the water behind them.

Four Seasons in the South - Summer View (Minami shiki natsu no kei)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1789/93

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda overlooking a bay, with a kneeling man reading beside lacquered trays and a tea bow

Overlooking the bay at Shinagawa

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1790

Woodblock print of women on a veranda at night, one playing a shamisen, with lanterns, moored boats and a shoreline behind.

Evening party at Shinagawa

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1790

Woodblock print of women in kimono at a garden teahouse beside a peacock aviary, with a servant carrying tea.

Women Visiting the Bird and Flower Teahouse (Kachojaya)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1792/93

Woodblock print of three figures in patterned kimono, one seated with a fan, beneath a calligraphy cartouche.

Fashionable Six Immortal Poets (Furyu rokkasen)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1793

Woman in a black floral kimono seated by a lacquer table, turned toward a hanging scroll, Edo period woodblock print.

The Courtesan Takikawa of Ogiya, from the series Seven Beautiful Komachi (Bijin nana Komachi)

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a woman in a pink kimono holding a round fan and a tea bowl on a black tray, by Utagawa Toyokuni I.

Takashima Ohisa, from the series "A Fashionable Set of Three (Furyu sanpuku tsui)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1794

Woman in a kimono holds a fan beneath a large striped parasol beside a pine tree and rocks in a Japanese woodblock print.

A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1792

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in a black crested kimono with swords, with a child in orange robes tugging his sl

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI and a boy

Utagawa Toyokuni, n.d.

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono holding a black frame with a painted white horse.

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as the packhorse-man Muchizo in the play "Miyamairi Musubi no Kamigaki," performed at t…

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1797

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green kimono holding a fan and sword, with a stern expression.

Otawaya: Onoe Matsusuke I as Oboshi Yuranosuke, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugat…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1795

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green patterned kimono and red cloak, holding a sword, by Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1794.

Yamatoya: Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in an olive-green robe and black outer garment, with a red patterned hem and hairpin.

Hamamuraya: Segawa Kikunojo III, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono with long trailing hem and decorative hair pins, by Utagawa Toyokuni

Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1795

Japanese kabuki actor in a woman's role, wearing a black hood and patterned pink and yellow robes, standing against a dark gr

Yamatoya Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kikusui in the play "Matsuwa Misao Onna Kusunoki," from the series "Portraits of Actors…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Woodblock print of a bald kabuki actor in a red dotted kimono with a fan, glancing sideways with a stern expression.

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Oboshi Yuranosuke in the play "Edo no Hana Ako no Shiogama," performed at the Kiri T…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1796

Japanese woodblock portrait of a figure in striped grey kimono and pink sash, wearing a towel headwrap.

Nakayama Tomisaburo. Dressed as a Woman Wearing a Towel on Her Head

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1795

Japanese woodblock print of two women beside wooden buckets in a bathhouse, one wringing cloth, with patterned kimonos and ca

A Public Bath House

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1790s

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black kimono clutching his throat, with a woman in patterned robes behind him.

The actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Kojoro of the Mikuniya and Arashi Sanpachi I as her elder brother Kuj…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1798

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one in a red patterned robe holding a fan, the other in a striped kimono with a headban

The actors Arashi Sanpachi I and Ichikawa Omezo I

Utagawa Toyokuni, n.d.

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors: a woman with a yellow hairpin and a man in a green robe with a floral sleeve.

Ichikawa Yaozo lll in the Role of Takebe Genzo and Iwai Kiyotaro in the Role of Tonami

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1796

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one holding a raised sword and the other scowling beside him against a black background

The actors Sawamura Sojuro II as Satsuma Gengobei and Arashi Ryuzo II as Mawashi-otoko Yasuke in the play "Edo Sunago…

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1795

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one in a green checked robe and one in a brown robe with a yellow hair ornament, by Uta

The actors Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Iyo no Taro and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kojoro-gitsune of Okazaki in the play "Seiwa N…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1796

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a peony-patterned kimono gripping a wooden post, with dramatic red face makeup.

The actor Ichikawa Hakuen as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo in the play "Hatsumonbi Yosooi Soga," performed at the Kawarazaki…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1802

Woodblock print of a woman and a man in kimono looking up at a moon and ball beside bamboo stalks.

The actor Segawa Kikunojo and a young woman kicking a ball

Utagawa Toyokuni, n.d.