Blue Shell (Aogai), from the series "Five Colors (Goshiki no uchi)"

Blue Shell (Aogai), from the series "Five Colors (Goshiki no uchi)"

Ryuryukyo Shinsai

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

Geisha looking up at a cuckoo, from the series "Five Annual Festivals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika gosekku)"

Katsushika Taito II

Woman reading poems in a study room

Katsushika Hokuga

Courtesan Seated at a Writing Table

Utagawa Toyohiro

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

Yashima Gakutei

A Poet in the New Year

Yashima Gakutei

An Elegant Parody of the Six Poetic Immortals (Furyu yatsushi rokkasen): The Priest Kisen

Chôbunsai Eishi

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

Gakutei Harunobu

Courtesan Dreaming of Procession

Kubo Shunman

Chopping Rice Cakes, illustration for The Board-Roof Shell (Itayagai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"

Katsushika Hokusai

Woman About to Write a Poem

Yashima Gakutei