Arts of Asia — Page 107

Hour of the Snake (Mi no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Hour of the Dragon (Tatsu no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Hour of the Tiger (Tora no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Hour of the Monkey [4pm] (Saru no koku), from the series “The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara” ("Seiro juni toki tsuzuki")

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Hour of the Sheep (Hitsuji no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Hour of the Horse (Uma no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Hour of the Boar (I no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Hour of the Dog (Inu no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Naniwaya Okita

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1793

Hour of the Cock (Tori no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Takashima Ohisa

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1793

The Habit of Boisterousness (Sawagashiki kuse), from the series "Seven Bad Habits (Nakute nana kuse)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Hour of the Rat [12pm] (Ne no koku), from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Mother and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

The Courtesan Umegawa and Chubei of the Courier Firm (Keisei Unegawa, Hikyakuya Chubei), from the series "True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Fishing beneath a Bridge

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

Mosquito Net for a Baby

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties: A Set of Twelve Prints (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura, junimai tsuzuki)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

A Set of Three Romantic Journeys (Michiyuki sanpuku tsui)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1799

Woman Sitting on Veranda

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798

Two Young Women after a Bath

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1803

Courtesans beneath Wisteria Arbor

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795

Emerging from a Mosquito Net

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/1800

Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya, (kamuro:) Shirabe, Teriha, Flowers from the series Snow, Moon and Flowers in Yoshiwara (Seiro setsugekka) (Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki, Shirabe, Teriha)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

Kanpei's Wife Okaru

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1806

Act Seven, from the series "Treasury of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura) (Shichi-damme)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/02

The Eighth Month (Nanryo), from the series a Calendar of Elegance (Furyu junikagetsu)

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1788

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1787

The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya with her Attendants, from the series "Edo Purple in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro Edo murasaki)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1790

Wakana, Part 1 (Wakana, jo), from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya with Attendants Hatsune and Utano

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1790

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Shinoura of the Tsuruya

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Miyagawa of the Matsubaya

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya with Attendants Hatsune and Shirabe

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1791

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Tokiuta of the Chojiya

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Momiji of the Echizenya

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Mitsuito of the Hyogoya

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Wakana of the Matsubaya, from the series "Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters as the Six Floral Immortals (Seiro bijin rokkasen)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1794/95

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Kumegawa of the Ogiya

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase): Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya in Procession (Tamaya Hanamurasaki dochu no zu)

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1795

Ohana and Ofuku, from the series "A Selection of Entertainers from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro geisha sen)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1794/95

Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): Kisegawa of the Matsubaya with Attendants Onami and Menami

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1797

The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795

A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase): Misayama of the Chojiya in Night Dress (Tokogi no zu - Chojiya Misayama)

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1796

Four Seasons in the South - Summer View (Minami shiki natsu no kei)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1789/93

The Chofu Jewel River in Musashi Province (Musashi Chofu no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1785

Women Visiting the Bird and Flower Teahouse (Kachojaya)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1792/93