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

Kyoto: Courtesan of the Shimabara, from an untitled series of the three capitals

Yashima Gakutei

Kaunotar (Bijin-ga) sarjasta Imayo onna kasen

Shikimaro

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

Katsushika Hokusai

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

Gakutei Harunobu

Righteousness (Gi), from the series "Five Designs for the Katsushika Poetry Circle (Katsushika goban)"

Kubo Shunman

Dongfang Shuo (Tohosaku), from the series "Lives of Taoist Immortals Parodied by Courtesans - A Series of Seven (Keisei mitate ressenden, nanaban no uchi)"

Yashima Gakutei

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

Yashima Gakutei

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

Utagawa Toyokuni I

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

Kikukawa Eizan

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

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

The Poetess Ono no Komachi

Suzuki Harunobu