Catching Fireflies

Jewels in the Cool Light of Evening Dew (Ryoko yotsuyu no rama)

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

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

Kitagawa Utamaro

Oiwa's Ghost (Oiwa no borei)

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The Actor Ichikawa Kodanji II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

Katsukawa Shunsho

Courtesan with Sake Cup and Scroll

Kikukawa Eizan

The Actor Nakamura Karoku I as Fujiya Azuma

Shunshosai Hokucho

Two Chinese Women Examining Thread and a Spider’s Web in a Box, from the series "Diptych for the Drum Group"

Yashima Gakutei

The Courtesans Shizuka and Akashi of the Tamaya

Kitagawa Utamaro

Delighted (Ureshiso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)"

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Court lady standing amidst pines

Katsushika Taito II

Yamatoya Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kikusui in the play "Matsuwa Misao Onna Kusunoki," from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I

Goten Hill (Goten-yama), from the series "Flower Viewing in Edo (Edo hanami tsukushi)"

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)