Woman playing shamisen, from an untitled series of women at leisure

The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, and Attendants Wakagi and Wakaba, from the series "A Comparison of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin awase)"

Chokosai Eisho

Kaunotar (Bijin-ga) sarjasta Imayo onna kasen

Shikimaro

Courtesan with a Shamisen

Kitagawa Utamaro

Turning a Shamisen (Shamisen no nejime), from the series "Chanting to Shamisen by Young Women of Today (Tosei musume joruri)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesan Matsukaze of the Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans of the Matsubaya as five musicians

Kitagawa Utamaro

Flowers: Onoe Kikugoro III, from an untitled series of actors representing snow, moon, and flowers

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Akizuki Yuminosuke's Daughter Miyuki, Later the blind Musician Asagao (Akizuki Yuminosuke musume Miyuki, nochi ni goze Asagao)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Okazaki, section of sheet no. 10 from the series "Cutouts of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze)"

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Courtesan Seyama of the Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans of the Matsubaya as five musicians

Kitagawa Utamaro

Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Five Beauties (Gonin bijin aikyo kurabe)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesan Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans of the Matsubaya as five musicians

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Eighth Month (Hachi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I