The Aoi Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Aoi), from a series of Genji parodies

The Sakaki Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Sakaki), from a series of Genji parodies

Okumura Masanobu

Kotatsu Dojoji, no. 5 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu

Comb Rashomon (Sashigushi Rashomon), no. 3 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu

An Interrupted Embrace

Sugimura Jihei

Two Lovers, Oshichi and Kichisaburo

Okumura Masanobu

Narihira: The Mirror Scene (Narihira kagami no dan), from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanaese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

Okumura Masanobu

The Actors Yamashita Kinsaku II as Mutsuhana (right), Bando Mitsugoro I as Kashiwagi no Emon (center), and Nakamura Sukegoro II as Akamatsu Mushanosuke (left), in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Yamashita Yaozo I as Ono no Komachi (right), Matsumoto Koshiro II as Godai Saburo (center), and Ichikawa Danzo III as Otomo no Kuronushi (left), in the play "Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho

The Filial Son of Kamakura from the Collection of Stone and Sand (Kamakura koshi, Shasekishu), from the series "Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren Honcho nijushiko)"

Yashima Gakutei

After a little music, from an untitled series of 12 erotic prints

Hishikawa Moronobu

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the Spirit of Joro-gumo (Harlot Spider) Disguised as the Maiko Tsumagiku (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe no Suetake (left), in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunsho

Courting Komachi (Kayoi Komachi), from the series Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)

Okumura Masanobu