Kan, a waitress of the Izutsuya, and the geisha Fuseya of the Ogiya

Kan, a waitress of the Izutsuya, and the geisha Fuseya of the Ogiya

Eishosai Choki

The Entertainer Tamino and the Serving Girl Nui of the Sumiyoshiya

Eishosai Choki

The Tenth Month (Kannazuki): Wakamatsu and Wakatsuru of the Tawaraya, from the series "Twelve Patterns in the Northern Quarter (Hokkaku juni moyo)"

Isoda Koryusai

Beauty and Attendant on New Year’s Day, from the series “Pleasures for Beauties on the Five Festival Days" ("Bijin gosetsu no asobi")

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesans Somenosuke and Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from the series "A Mirror of Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro yukun awase kagami)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

Osome and Hisamatsu, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)"

Ichirakutei Eisui

The Courtesans Kasugano and Utahama of Tamaya, from Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters in Double Mirrors

Kitagawa Utamaro

Kaksi geishaa

Kitagawa Utamaro

Act VIII (Hachidanme), from the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

Takigawa and Katarai of the Ogiya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo)"

Isoda Koryusai

The actors Segawa Kikunojo III (R) as the courtesan Katsuragi and Sawamura Sojuro III (L) as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu

Tōshūsai Sharaku

The actors Segawa Tomisaburo II (R) as Yadorigi, wife of Ogishi Kurando, and Nakamura Manyo (L) as the servant Wakakusa

Tōshūsai Sharaku