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Cup plate

Artist unknown, 1830–35

Cup plate

Artist unknown, c. 1850

Cup plate

Artist unknown, 1830–35

Compote

Artist unknown, 1830–35

Card Table

Artist unknown, c. 1790

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Potter Tsuchihei in the Play Higashiyama Momiji no Kadode, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1778

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1778

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as a White Fox Disguised as Ukishima Daihachi in the Play Shinasadame Soma no Mombi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1770

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1770

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Asahina Saburo in the Play Iro Maki-e Soga no Sakazuki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV Doing a Quick Change Between the Roles of Sadakuro and Yoichibei, in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Third Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1770

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Tonase in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Third Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781

Courtesans of the Obishiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

The Actor Bando Matataro IV as Bando Taro in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Atomi no Ichii in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III (right), in His Dressing Room in Conversation with the Actor Segawa Kikunojo III (left)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780/83

Parody of the Armor-pulling Scene (Kusazuribiki), from the series "Fashionable Parodies of Bravery in Love (Furyu mitate iro-buyu)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Osen of the Komatsuya House (?) in the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1782 (?)

Katsukawa Shunjо̄, c. 1782

Two Courtesans

Isoda Koryusai, 18th century

Mekari, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1898/1903

The Sixth Month (Roku gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1793

Girl Reading Letter while Mother and Child Gaze at Sparrows

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1791

The Sixth Month (Rokugatsu), from an untitled series of genre scenes in the twelve months, with kyoka poems

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1792/93

Reading a Letter in Front of a Screen, from an untitled series of 12 prints

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1710

Flirting Lovers

Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1673/81