Artworks

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Munesada, Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Sumizome, and Nakamura Nakazo I as Sekibei, in the play "Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To," performed at the Kiri Theater in the eleventh month, 1784

The Third Princess and Her Kitten, from an untitled series of court ladies

Sei Shonagon and Her Companion, from an untitled series of court ladies

Ferry on the Rokugo River

Summer Twilight on the Banks of the Sumida River

Beauties Under a Maple Tree, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

Murasaki Shikibu

Mosquito Net, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

The Sixth Month (Kazemachizuki), from the series "Fashionable Monthly Visits to Sacred Places in the Four Seasons (Furyu shiki no tsuki mode)"

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

Treasured Admonitions to Young Women (Jijo hokun onna Imagawa)

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo III as Kichisaburo in the play "Junshoku Edo Murasaki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1779

The Sixth Month, Enjoying the Evening Cool in a Teahouse, from the series The Twelve Months in the Southern Quarter (Minami jūni kō)

Pleasure Boats below Azuma Bridge

Entertainers of Nakazu, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

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

Summer Twilight on the Banks of the Sumida River

Treasured Admonitions to Young Women (Jijo hokun onna Imagawa)

Geisha Carrying a Parasol under a Willow Tree

Ferry on the Rokugo River

Entertainers of the Tachibana, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

Beauties Under a Maple Tree, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

The Sixth Month (Kazemachizuki), from the series "Fashionable Monthly Visits to Sacred Places in the Four Seasons (Furyu shiki no tsuki mode)"

Courtesan Washing her Hands