Courtesan

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

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Courtesan with Sake Cup and Scroll

Kikukawa Eizan

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

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Eyes for Looking at a Courtesan

Kikukawa Eizan

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Churo Onoe

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The actor Sawamura Sojuro V as Tsubone Iwafuji

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya, from the series Six Flowery Immortals of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin rokkasen)

Chôbunsai Eishi

Tomimoto Toyohina

Kitagawa Utamaro

The actor Fujikawa Tomokichi II as Okaru, wife of Kanpei

Utagawa Kuniyasu

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

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

Kitao Shigemasa

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

Utagawa Toyokuni I