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The Salt Maidens, Matsukaze with Yukihira's Coat

Poem by Yamabe no Akahito, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Shirabyoshi Renri in the play "Imayo Dojoji" performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1756

Pausing to admire Mt. Fuji (parody of Ariwara no Narihira's journey to the east)

Young Woman with a Caged Monkey (Calendar Print for New Year 1776)

Chofu Jewel River in Musashi Province (Musashi Chofu), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa no uchi)"

The Courtesan Michinoku of the Tsutaya House with her Kamuro Midare and Shinobu, from the series "Kikkaku Hokufu"

Woman and two boys gathering abalone, from the series "The Tosa Diary (Tosa nikki)"

Autumn Maples at Takinogawa River (Takinogawa momiji), from the album "The Eternal Waterfall (Tokiwa no taki)"

A parody of courtesans on display at the Ogiya (Ogiya mise yatsushi)

The Actors Tomizawa Hanzaburo II as Nagoya Sanzaemon (often called Sanza) (right), Nakamura Juzo II as Fuwa Banzaemon (center), and an Unidentified Actor as the Pickpocket Matsumoto Daishichi (left), in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Clear autumn sky over a mountain temple, from the series "Picture Book of Chinese Poems (Toshi gafu no uchi)"

Noda Jewel River in Mutsu Province (Mutsu Noda), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa no uchi)"

Crossing the Yellow River, from the series "Picture Book of Chinese Poems (Toshi gafu no uchi)"

Party of falconers near river

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Young woman reading "The Pillow Book (makura no soshi)"

Takanawa Okido at the Shinagawa Station (Shinagawa-juku Takanawa Okido), from the series "Eastern Capital (Toto)"

Courting Komachi (Kayoi Komachi), from the series Seven Fashionable Figures of Ono no Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi yatushi sugata-e)

Tying Thread, from the series “Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity" ("Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami")

Ariwara no Narihirafrom the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Snow on the Sumida River

Sojo Henjo, twelfth poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse

No. 1 (Sono ichi), from the triptych "Three Musical Instruments (Sankyoku)"

The Kagura Dance

Kacho chaya

Courtesan and Kamuro Strolling at the Entrance Gate of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarters

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Ukishima Danjo (?) in the Play Shinasadame Soma no Mombi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1770 (?)

Noji Jewel River in Yamato Province (Yamato Noji), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa no uchi)"

Shirai Gonpachi and Komurasaki, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)"

Peonies

Doing the Laundry by the Well Curb (Idobata no sentaku to araihari)

Hibiscus

Hair Ornaments

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo lll as Soga no Juro Sukenari (Sandai-me Ichikawa Yaozo no Soga no Juro Sukenari)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro Vl as Soga no Goro Tokimune (Rokudai-me Ichikawa Danjuro no Soga no Goro Tokimune)

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Takamoto no kitsune and Segawa Kikunojo V as Izumi no Chieda-gitsune

Poem by Sanjo-in, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

The courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya

Mandarin ducks crossing icy pond amid falling leaves

Parody of the Letter-Reading Scene in Chushingura

Abe no Nakamaro, seventh poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse

The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ogiya, from the series "Beauties of the Five Festivals (Bijin gosekku)"

Parody of the Yugao Chapter of the Tale of Genji

Koya Jewel River in Kii Province (Kii Koya), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa no uchi)"

White heron and iris

Ofuji, the Shop Girl of the Motoyanagiya, with a Customer

Monkey bridge

Horseman in Snow, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

The actor Ichikawa Dajuro VII and a woman watching boy write first calligraphy of the New Year

The Kinuta Jewel River in Settsu Province (Settsu Kinuta no Tamagawa), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in Various Provinces (Shokoku Mu Tamagawa)"

Sumida River seen from Azuma Bridge (Azumabashi yori Sumida wo miru no zu), from a group of Western-style landscapes

Love in Rain, Snow and Hail (Ame yuki arare ni yosuru koi)

Monkey performing Sanbaso dance

The Salt Maidens, Murasame with Yukihira's Hat

The actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Katsura Kokingo Haruhisa

No. 42: Midono, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

New Year's Pilgrimage to Myohoji Temple in Horinouchi (Horinouchi Myohoji eho mairi no zu)

Sangi Takamura, from the series "One Hundred Poems as Explained by the Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

A Selection of Six Flowers - A Parody Rokkasen (Yatsushi rokkasen): Bishop Henjo

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI as Sukeroku in the play "Omiura Date no Nebiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1799

Rokkasen (Six Immortal Poets)

New Year in Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara seiyo), section of a sheet from the series "Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)"

A Mild Breeze on a Fine Day (Gaifu kaisei), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Kakinomoto Hitomaro from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Catching Sweetfish in the Tama River under the Autumn Moon (Tamagawa aki no tsuki ayuryo no zu), from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers at Famous Places (Meisho setsugekka)"

Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tokaido (Tokaido Okazaki Yahagi no hashi), from the series “Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)”

Kiyomizu, from the series "Seven Komachi (Nana Komachi)"

The Mask Carver

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa (?) in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1768 (?)

No. 66: Echikawa, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Cranes at the Sea Shore

Frontispiece to the illustrated album "Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets" ("Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen")

Festival float of Tsutsui Jomyo fighting Ichirai Hoshi on the Uji Bridge

Women Crossing Nihonbashi Bridge

The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya

Cooling Off in the Evening at Shijogawara

Osome and Hisamatsu, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)"

Lady Tamamushi

A Banquet Scene