Hananoto of the Ebiya in Kyōmachi 1-chome, from the series Songs of the Four Seasons in the Pleasure Quarters

Courtesan

Utagawa Kuniyasu

The Courtesan Shiratama of the Tamaya

Utagawa Kunisada

The Lion Dance

Suzuki Harunobu

New Clothes for the Festival of New Herbs (Wakana no hatsuisho): Tamagiku of the Kadotamaya with Attendants Kikuno and Kikuji

Chôbunsai Eishi

The actor Sawamura Sojuro V as Tsubone Iwafuji

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Viewing Maple Leaves (Momijigari), from the series "Dance Customs of Captivating Figures (Adesugata odori fuzoku)"

Kitao Shigemasa

Takigawa of the Ogiya in the First Sale of the New Year (Hatsu uri zashiki no zu), from the series "A Comparison of Selected Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase)"

Chôbunsai Eishi

The Poetess Ono no Komachi

Suzuki Harunobu

Young Woman Kneeling by a Stand with a Ceremonial Cap (from the series The Six Immortal Poets in Elegant Modern Dress)

Chōbunsai Eishi

Ichikawa of Matsubaya with Minomo and Tamamo

Kitagawa Utamaro

Tsubasa of Ōgiya

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Lilies: young woman holding a letter, from an untitled series of beauties and flowers

Utagawa Toyokuni I