Couple Reading a Letter

The Love Letter

Suzuki Harunobu

Righteousness (Gi), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues"

Suzuki Harunobu

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

Katsukawa Shunsho

Poem by Sanjo'in no Nyokurodo Sakon, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets

Suzuki Harunobu

Hotoke Gozen Dancing before Taira no Kiyomori

Suzuki Harunobu

A Fan Peddler Showing his Wares to a Young Woman

Suzuki Harunobu

The Curfew Hours, from the series Eight Parlour Views

Suzuki Harunobu

Courtesans of Maruebiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Kitao Shigemasa

Discovering the Address of a Husband's Lover, from the series "A Collection of Humorous Poems (Haifu yanagidaru)"

Torii Kiyonaga

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

Katsukawa Shunsho

Courtesans of Shin Kanaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Kitao Shigemasa

Knowledge (Chi), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues"

Suzuki Harunobu