Thunder Gate (Kaminarimon), section of a sheet from the series "Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)"

Examining the Painting

Katsukawa Shuntei

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Onmaya Kisanda Dressed as Kakubei the Lion Dancer (Kakubei-jishi) (right) and Segawa Kikunojo III as Shizuka Gozen (left), in the Dance Sequence "Myoto-zake Kawaranu Nakanaka" (Everlasting Harmony of the Marital Cup), from the Second Part of the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune (Heavenly Child—The Fox Leaps Through the Shrine Gate), Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actors Sanjo Kantaro II as Osome and Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Hisamatsu

Okumura Toshinobu

The actors Segawa Kikunojo III (R) as the courtesan Katsuragi and Sawamura Sojuro III (L) as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu

Tōshūsai Sharaku

Sarusato, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Minamoto no Yoshiie and Sodesaki Iseno I as Onoe no Mae in the play "Kaomise Junidan," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1726 (?)

Torii Kiyonobu II

Egoyomi Daikoku

Naokage

Woman Representing Good Fortune

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Poetess Shunzei no Musume, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)

Chôbunsai Eishi

Returning Sails at Ryogoku River (Ryogoku no kihan), from the series "Eight Parodies by Contemporary Beauties (Tosei mitate bijin hakkei)"

Kitao Shigemasa

The actors Bando Shuka I as a Tea Picker (Chatsumi), Ichimura Uzaemon XII as a Monkey Trainer (Sarumawashi), and Onoe Kikugoro II as Umegae (inset)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from an untitled series of genre scenes in the twelve months, with kyoka poems

Kitagawa Utamaro