The Lion Dance

Hananoto of the Ebiya in Kyōmachi 1-chome, from the series Songs of the Four Seasons in the Pleasure Quarters

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Viewing Maple Leaves (Momijigari), from the series "Dance Customs of Captivating Figures (Adesugata odori fuzoku)"

Kitao Shigemasa

Courtesan Likened to the Chinese Sage Zhang Guolao (Japanese: Chokaro)

Okumura Masanobu

Irises: beauty arranging hair, from an untitled series of beauties and flowers

Utagawa Toyokuni I

A Flower Vendor

Suzuki Harunobu

The Courtesan Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya, from the series "Courtesans of the Five Festivals (Yukun gosekku)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

The First Month (Sho gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The actor Sawamura Sojuro V as Tsubone Iwafuji

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Courtesan

Utagawa Kuniyasu

Lilies: young woman holding a letter, from an untitled series of beauties and flowers

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Actor Segawa Yujiro I as Oshichi in the play "Edo no Haru Meisho Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1773

Torii Kiyomitsu I

New Clothes for the Festival of New Herbs (Wakana no hatsuisho): Tamagiku of the Kadotamaya with Attendants Kikuno and Kikuji

Chôbunsai Eishi