Beauties of Edo
The women of the pleasure districts, printed in colour.
江戸の花 娘浄瑠璃 · A Woman Playing with a Young Boy
Kitagawa Utamaro · ca. 1804
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Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1766
風俗美人時計 子ノ刻 妾 · Midnight: Mother and Sleepy Child
Kitagawa Utamaro · 1790
東海道五十三次 大津 · Otsu
Utagawa Hiroshige · ca. 1840
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Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1767
伝俵屋宗達筆 源氏物語図「宿木」 · “Trees Encoiled in Vines of Ivy” (Yadorigi)
Tawara Sōtatsu · early 17th century
『雪中梅荘群児遊戯 図』 · Children Playing in the Snow under Plum Trees in Bloom (Secchū baisō gunji yūgi zu)
Toyohara Chikanobu · November 1887
Evening Snow on a Floss Shaper (Nurioke no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"
Suzuki Harunobu · c. 1766
風流無くてななくせ · Squeaking a Ground Cherry, from the series Seven Fashionable Useless Habits (Furyu nakute nana kuse)
Katsushika Hokusai · ca. 1798
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Katsushika Hokusai · ca. 1814
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Okumura Masanobu · 18th century
『閨の雛形』 正月 · Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata), First Month
Okumura Masanobu · ca. 1736–44
婦人手業操鏡 · A Woman Weaving, Seated at a Hand Loom
Kitagawa Utamaro · ca. 1796
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Kitagawa Utamaro · 1806–20
『五色染六歌仙』 僧正遍昭 · “The Poet Sōjō Henjō (816–890) Slipping a Letter into a Woman’s Sleeve,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen)
Kitagawa Utamaro · ca. 1798
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Kitagawa Utamaro · ca. 1801–4
女織蚕手業草 十 · The Making of Silk Floss
Kitagawa Utamaro · ca. 1790
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Kitagawa Utamaro · ca. 1793
児戯意乃三笑 恵恩芳子 · Mother and Child
Kitagawa Utamaro · ca. 1800
Group Pilgrimage to the Jizo Nun
Ike no Taiga · 1755/65
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Utagawa Hiroshige · 1840s–early 1850s
山姥と金太郎 · Yamauba and Kintarō Playing with a Cherry
Kitagawa Utamaro · ca. 1795
見立多以尽 - 洋行がしたい · Collection of Desires, Wish for Foreign Travel (Mitate Tai zukushi-yōkō ga shitai)
Yoshitoshi · January, 1878
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Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1766
鈴木春信画 若水を汲む男女 · Drawing the First Water of the New Year
Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1769–70
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Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1766
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Suzuki Harunobu · 1768–70
すだれ貝 · The Curtain Clam
Suzuki Harunobu
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Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1768
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Suzuki Harunobu · probably 1768
萩 · The Bush Clover (Hagi)
Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1766
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Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1766
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Suzuki Harunobu · probably 1766
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Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1765
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Suzuki Harunobu · 1770
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Suzuki Harunobu · 1770
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Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1769
梅 · Blowing Soap Bubbles Under the Plum Blossom
Suzuki Harunobu
風流江戸八景 真乳山の暮雪 · Evening Snow on Matsuchi Hilll, from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)
Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1765–70
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Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1768
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Suzuki Harunobu
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Suzuki Harunobu · 18th century
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Suzuki Harunobu
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Shibata Zeshin · 18th–19th century
The Poetess Ono no Komachi, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)
Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1810
Three (Women) Calligraphers (Sanpitsu) at a Calligraphy Reunion (Shokai)
Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1800-10
Chinese and Tartar Boys Quarreling over a Game of Go
Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1790
The Chest Containing Various Teachings (Kyokun zonagamochi)
Katsushika Hokusai · 1784
Woman Passing a Roadside Shop Near Oji
Katsushika Hokusai · early 1800s
Group of Figures near a Brook
Katsushika Hokusai · 1760–1849
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