Young woman reading "The Pillow Book (makura no soshi)"

Woman About to Write a Poem

Yashima Gakutei

Brush: Lady Wei (Fude: Ei fujin), from the series "The Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyo Circle (Ichiyoren bunbo shiyu)"

Yashima Gakutei

Ebisu (Shobishin), from the series "A Parody of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Mitate shichifukujin)"

Yashima Gakutei

A Woman Pulling the Cord of a Wheeled Book Case, from the series "A Set of Seven for the Katsushika Club"

Yashima Gakutei

Osaka: Courtesan of the Shinmachi, from an untitled series of the three capitals

Yashima Gakutei

A Woman with a Poem Card, from the series "A Set of Seven for the Katsushika Club"

Yashima Gakutei

Komachi Washes the Book (from the series Seven Elegant Episodes from the Life of the Poetess Ono no Komachi)

Kikukawa Eizan

Courtesan Reading Beside a Potted Plum Tree, from the series Seven Courtesans Compared to Daoist Immortals

Gakutei Harunobu

Kaunotar (Bijin-ga) sarjasta Imayo onna kasen

Shikimaro

The Courtesan Karauta of Chojiya Reading a Book (from the series Six Authors of the Green Houses)

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Ninth Month (Ku gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Twelfth Month (Goku getsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I