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

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Ukita Sakingo and Sawamura Sojuro III as the ghost of the courtesan Takao, in the play "Ominaeshi Sugata no Hatsuaki," performed at the Nakamura Theater, 1788

Torii Kiyonaga

The Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Oiso no Tora, Azuma Tozo III as Miura Katagai, and Otani Tokuji I as Danzaburo, in the joruri "Chidorigake Koi no Tamaboko," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1784

Torii Kiyonaga

Yoshitsune's Encounter with Princess Joruri, from "The Tale of Joruri in Twelve Episodes (Joruri Junidan Zoshi)"

Sugimura Jihei

Frontispiece to the illustrated album "Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets" ("Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen")

Katsushika Hokusai

"Ha": Guards at the "Love Passage," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Munesada, Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Sumizome, and Nakamura Nakazo I as Sekibei, in the play "Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To," performed at the Kiri Theater in the eleventh month, 1784

Torii Kiyonaga

Performance of a Trained Monkey, from an illustrated poetry anthology entitled "The Young God Ebisu (Waka Ebisu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

The First Horseback Ride of the New Year (Uma norizome), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

Torii Kiyonaga

Scene at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, from Act One of Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), from the series "Chushingura Juichimai-Tsuzuki (Set of Eleven Sheets Illustrating Chushingura)"

Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Koito, Sawamura Sojuro III as the monk Sainenbo, and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the monk Renseibo, in the shosa "Mata Saku Hana Museume Dojoji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fourth month, 1783

Torii Kiyonaga

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Miura Kunitae (right), Segawa Kikunojo III as Yasukata (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Utou (left), in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1782

Katsukawa Shunsho

Act Nine: Yuranosuke's House in Yamashina from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shunsho