Poem by Lady Akazome Emon Poem by Sosei Hoshi, from the series “One Hundred Poems Explained by a Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)”

Evening Rain at Nihonzutsumi (Nihonzutsumi no yau), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu

The Seventh Month (Shichigatsu), from the series "Twelve Months in the South (Minami juni ko)"

Torii Kiyonaga

Poem by Sanjo-in, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

Katsushika Hokusai

Furuichi Dance at the Hisagataya

Gakutei Harunobu

Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse

Katsushika Hokusai

A Modern Version of Ushiwakamaru Serenading Princess Joruri

Torii Kiyonaga

Yoshiwara Licensed Quarters at Dawn (Kakuchu shinonome), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Aoyagi Restaurant in Ryogoku (Ryogoku, Aoyagi), from the series "Famous Restaurants of Edo (Edo komei kaitei zukushi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige

Yoshiwara Licensed Quarters at Dawn (Kakuchu shinonome), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige

Yoshiwara Licensed Quarters at Dawn (Kakuchu shinonome), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige

Fireworks at Ryogoku

Ando Hiroshige

The Willow Tree at the Gate of Shimabara Pleasure Quarter (Shimabara deguchi no yanagi), from the series “Famous Views of Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige