Parade of the Puppets

The Soga Festival

Torii Kiyomitsu I

A princess traveling with her attendants descends from a palanquin

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Musicians from Tamaya Yahachi and hobby-horse dancers from Daimon Fujiya, from the series "Comic Performances by the Entertainers of the Pleasure Quarters at the Niwaka Festival (Seiro geiko niwaka kyogen zukushi)"

Isoda Koryusai

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro and Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the play "Bando Ichi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1715

Torii Kiyonobu I

Votive Offering

Katsukawa Shunchô

Carrying a lantern sponsored by the Kojimachi, from the series "The Festival of the Sanno Shrine (Sanno gosairei)"

Torii Kiyonaga

A Parade of Courtesans

Hishikawa Moronobu

Parody of a daimyo procession

Utagawa Toyohiro

Beauties of the Three Capitals: Shimabara in Kyoto (right), Yoshiwara in Edo (center), and Shinmachi in Osaka (left)

Torii Kiyohiro

The First Garments of the New Year (Kiso hajime), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

Torii Kiyonaga

On the Yoshida Highway

Sugimura Jihei

Matsukaze Murasame

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣