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

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

Woman About to Write a Poem

Yashima Gakutei

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

Yashima Gakutei

A Picture by Hishikawa Moronobu: Woman with a Set of Poem Cards

Totoya Hokkei

The Seventh Month (Shichi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I

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

Yashima Gakutei

A Woman Holding a Letter Box, from the series "A Set of Seven for the Katsushika Club"

Yashima Gakutei

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

Kubo Shunman

It is good to cut one's fingernails (Tsume tori yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei

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

Yashima Gakutei

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

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)