Chinese Embroidery (from the series Instructive Patterns for Women's Handicraft), 1808

Kitagawa Utamaro II

Kitagawa Utamaro II (Japanese, d. 1831?)

Fond of Things from the series Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today's World, late 1790s

Kitagawa Utamaro

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)

The Courtesan Karauta of Chojiya Reading a Book (from the series Six Authors of the Green Houses), late 1790s

Kitagawa Utamaro

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)

Fond of Noise from the series Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today’s World, late 1790s

Kitagawa Utamaro

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)

The Courtesans Kasugano and Utahama of Tamaya from the series Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters in Double Mirrors, c. 1800

Kitagawa Utamaro

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)

Iwai Kiyotaro (Edoya) as Okaru (from the series Pictures of Actors Onstage), 1794

Utagawa Toyokuni

Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825)

Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing, mid- or late 1790s

Utagawa Toyokuni

Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825)

Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing, mid- or late 1790s

Utagawa Toyokuni

Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825)

Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing, mid- or late 1790s

Utagawa Toyokuni

Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825)

Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing, mid- or late 1790s

Utagawa Toyokuni

Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825)

Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties, c. 1798

Kitagawa Utamaro

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)

Two Women by a Bamboo Blind, c. 1797 or 1798

Kitagawa Utamaro

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)

Tomimoto Toyohina, Takashimaya Ohisa, and Naniwaya Okita, c. 1794

Kitagawa Utamaro

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806)

Entertainment on a Balcony by the Water at Nakasu, from the series, A Collection of Beautiful Modern Women of the Pleasure Quarters, 1783

Torii Kiyonaga

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)

The Courtesan Karahama of Yamashiroya Performing the Tea Ceremony (from the series Models for Fahions: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves), late 1770s

Isoda Koryūsai

Isoda Koryūsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)

Uncho, the Wife of the Official Mei Ch'ing, Reading at a Table, c. mid 1770s

Isoda Koryūsai

Isoda Koryūsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)

Courtesan Dreaming of her Childhood, c. 1770

Suzuki Harunobu

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724–1770)

Woman and Maid Servant, late 1760s

Suzuki Harunobu

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724–1770)