The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ogiya, from the series "Beauties of the Five Festivals (Bijin gosekku)"

The courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya

Ichirakutei Eisui

Edo Geisha, from the series "A Guide to Women's Contemporary Styles (Tosei onna fuzoku tsu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

Takigawa, from the series "Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (Toji zensei bijin zoroe)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

Takashima Ohisa

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Lovers Umegawa and Chubei

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Half-length Portrait of Two Courtesans

Kitagawa Utamaro

Cloth-Strecher, from the series "Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

Sankatsu and Hanshichi, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

Nakatsu, from the series Fifty-three Stations in the Life of a Beauty

Kitagawa Utamaro

Hour of the Ox (Ushi no koku) Fukagawa Pleasure Quarter (Tatsumi), from the series "Customs of Beauties Around the Clock (Fuzoku bijin tokei)"

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Flirtatious Type, from Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women

Kitagawa Utamaro

Wakaume of the Tamaya in Edo-cho itchome, and her child attendants Mumeno and Iroka (Edo-cho itchome, Tamaya uchi Wakaume Mumeno Iroka)

Kitagawa Utamaro