Benevolence (Jin), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues"

Benevolence, from The Five Virtues

Suzuki Harunobu

Courtesan and Her Child Attendant Playing with a Cat

Suzuki Harunobu

Two Young Women Reading Books

Suzuki Harunobu

Painting (Ga), from an untitled series of the four accomplishments

Utagawa Toyoharu

Chushingura: Act II of The Storehouse of Loyalty

Kitagawa Utamaro

Descending Geese for Bunshichi (Bunshichi no rakugan), from the series "Eight Views of Elegant Gallants (Furyu otokodate hakkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai

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

Burning Autumn Maple Leaves

Suzuki Harunobu

A Mirror on a Stand Suggesting the Autumnal Moon (Kyodai no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Scenes of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga

Yu Kinro (Chinese: Yu Qianlou), from the series "Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Furyu Yamato nijushiko)""

Isoda Koryusai

Painting (Ga), from an untitled series of the four accomplishments

Utagawa Toyoharu

Courtesan Watching her Attendant Detain Hooded Man

Isoda Koryusai