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Futon no naka no yūjo to kyaku - Public domain drawing

Print shows a screen enclosing a man with a courtesan on a bed. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chuban Nishikie. ... More

Rakugan Matsubaya Somenosuke, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Somenosuke, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with two attendants/trainees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Edomachi nichōme tsutaya uchi hitomachi[?] - Torii Kiyonaga

Print shows the courtesan Hitomachi with another woman and two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ser... More

Chōkōsai Eisho - Okamotoya uchi shinateru - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Shinateru with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Wakana no hat... More

Tamaya uchi shizuka - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows Shizuka, a courtesan, bust portrait, holding a book, facing slightly right, with many hairpins. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Fumi o motsu onna - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie diptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Courtesan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, holding a scroll...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Modern reproduction. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Okamotoya uchi Shigeoka Sugataebiya uchi Sugatano : Tamaya uchi Hanamu...

Ukiyo-e triptych showing three courtesans (shin yoshiwara). Left section: Hanamurasak from Tamaya house on Edo Street. Center section: Sugatano from Ebiya house on Kyo Street. Right section: Shigeoka from Okamo... More

Amerikajin yuko sakamori, Utagawa Yoshitora - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows an American man holding a glass and a Japanese courtesan holding a bottle. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori[-]ko Masa. Extensive unidentified writing on backing sheet.... More

Gokakoku ... gankirō ni oite sakamori no zu

Japanese triptych print shows visitors from several nations enjoying a party in the Fan Room of the Gankirō. Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Monkey 12. Triptych ... More

Taka no ha moyō no tachi bijin - Public domain drawing

Print shows a courtesan wearing feather-pattern kimono. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Ir... More

Ichikawa danjūrō [to] ichikawa monnosuke - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke as a courtesan and Ichikawa Danjūrō as a merchant.

[Beauties of the three capitals triptych], Kiyomasu Torii

Print shows three courtesans, full-length, standing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Santo sanpukutsui. Adachi modern... More

Yodaime matsumoto kōshirō [no yamato no yabodaijin to] shodai nakayama...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More

Tamaya uchi wakamurasaki komurasaki, Tsukimaro Kitagawa

Print shows two courtesans, bust portraits, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms part of... More

Matsubaya uchi yosooi, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows Yosoi of Matsuba-ya, a courtesan, walking with a young female attendant and a male servant carrying a large parasol. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More

Tsuruya uchi kashiku - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows the courtesan Kashiku, full-length portrait, standing in front of a tree in blossom, facing slightly right, with young female attendant, both wearing numerous hairpins.

Tamaya uchi koshikibu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Koshikibu, a courtesan, full-length, walking with two attendants.

Mitōshi no aki no tsuki, Eizan Kikukawa

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing on a wooden walkway, facing right with both hands on her forehead, possibly looking at the moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunk... More

Geisha zu - Public domain drawing

Tamaya uchi Usugumo, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one panel of vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Aizuri ; triptych. Forms part of: Japanese pri... More

Kujibiki, Isoda Koryūsai - Public domain drawing

Print shows five courtesans attending to two men to determine who will serve each client; screen painting in the background shows a heron flying above waves. Title and other descriptive information compiled by ... More

Ōkanaya uchi suminoto, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Suminoto of the Okana-ya, a courtesan, full-length, seated, facing left, with two apprentices combing her hair. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More

Wakamatsuya uchi midorigi, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Aiban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Kaidan o noboru yūjo, Eizan Kikukawa

Fugu no bijin to kurage no tomo, Shigenobu Yanagawa

Print shows a courtesan followed by a suitor offering her a gift. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Shikishi Nishikie Surimono... More

Nihonzutsumi no rakugan tamaya uchi Tamagushi

Print shows Tamagushi, a courtesan, full-length portrait, with several hairpins, seated, reading a scroll; picture hanging on the wall above her shows geese descending on the Nihon embankment. Title and other d... More

Oiran, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Print shows an oiran, a high-class courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: S... More

Ōgiya uchi hanaōgi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Hanao of Ōgi-ya, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with attendant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: on... More

[A woman, possibly a courtesan, seated, facing right, with her head tu...

Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More

Yoshiwara edochō, Okumura Masanobu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a brothel in the Yoshiwara pleasure district of Edo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Modern reproduction. Forms part of: J... More

Hashiba Hisakichi, Miaso Gozen, Buchi Gujiro, Buchi Mitsuhide

Japanese triptych print shows Hashiba Hisakichi, Mistress Miaso with Buchi Jujiro, and on the right, Buchi Mitsuhide. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Michinoku, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Michinoku with a female attendant and a boy carrying an umbrella over his shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2... More

Okamotoya uchi sayagata, Eishi Hosoda - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Sayagata, a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left, with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More

Shichidanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows two men (possibly Yuranosuke and one of Moronô's spies) and a woman (possibly Okaru) at a brothel. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

Tatsu no koku asa itsustsu tsuruya uchi kashiku

Print shows Kashiku of Tsuru-ya, a courtesan, looking into a mirror that is hanging in an open window, reflecting clients arriving or departing at the front gate. Title and other descriptive information compile... More

Daimonjiya uchi ichimoto - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Ichimoto of Daimonji-ya, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, looking to the right, wearing many hairpins and a kimono with a fish design.

Nakamaru matsue no keisei miyako - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Nakamura Matsue in an onnagata role as the keisei (courtesan) Miyako, standing at a gate in the wall around a city, beating a small drum. Title and other descriptive information compiled b... More

Okamotoya uchi Shigeoka Sugataebiya uchi Sugatano : Tamaya uchi Hanamu...

Nami ni goshoguruma moyō no tachi bijin

Print shows a courtesan, facing left, wearing a waterwheel and waves pattern kimono.

Fumi o kaku onoe tamizō, Shunsh Katsukawa

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one of a set of Hosoban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Chōjiya uchi chōzan, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows Chōzan, a courtesan, with two young female attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Hinagata wakana ... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Sanya karitaku no zu

Print shows two courtesans, full-length, standing, one leaning on a railing, facing right, the other holding a scroll, reading, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More

Tanzaku o motsu yūjo - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a courtesan seated with her back against a writing desk, holding a slip of paper (tanzaku) with a poem written on it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pr... More

Okamotoya uchi Shigeoka Sugataebiya uchi Sugatano : Tamaya uchi Hanamu...

Futon no ue no sinzou to sore o nagameru yūjo

Print shows a courtesan watching a young female student in bed with a client. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chu... More

Ohka no oiran - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a view from behind of a courtesan seated beneath a branch of cherry blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: ve... More

Yūjo chōkarō, Okumura Masanobu - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a courtesan portraying the Chinese sage Zhang Guo Lao Chōkarō releasing his magic horse from a small gourd. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More

Hototogisu o kiku yūjo to kamuro

Print shows a courtesan and her attendant or an apprentice listening to the song of a lark that is flying above them. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Tsuyuya uchi tsurunoo, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Tsurunoo of Tsuru-ya, a courtesan, full-length, facing left, walking with two young apprentices and a male servant holding a parasol. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-... More

Hanami zuki - Torii Kiyonaga - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women and a child outside a building with cherry trees in blossom. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: ... More

Chōjiya uchi karagoto - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Karagoto, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with two young female attendants.

Usuginu, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman holding a piece of transparent cloth against her face. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

Edochō echizenya uchi morokoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Morokoshi, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing numerous hairpins, with a young female attendant also wearing an elaborate hair dressing. Title and other descriptive in... More

Hikeyotsu no yoru no ame, Eizan Kikukawa

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing at an open doorway, looking out at the rain. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the serie... More

Miuraya takao - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Takao of the Miura-ya, a courtesan, full-length, standing beneath a pine bough, facing left as a bird flies by her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... More

[A woman, possibly a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left]

Itsuzuke no satsuki. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a man looking out windows at snow falling while courtesans prepare tea and perform other domestic duties. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Yokohama ijin shōkan no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese triptych print shows Japanese women (geishas and courtesans) entertaining residents at a foreign settlement house in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Seal date: Cock [9]. Triptych matt... More

Siratama no hanashi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows the courtesan Shiratama wearing elaborate dress, sitting, and another woman looking in at a door. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2... More

Kiyomitsu Torii - Fumi yomu yūjo - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman seated on a bench reading a scroll, one end of which a cat is playing with from under the bench. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

Yūjo zu, Shunsh Katsukawa - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms par... More

Matsubaya uchi somenosuke, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Somenosuke of Matsuba-ya, a courtesan, full-length, seated, facing right, with an apprentice helping her put on a kimono. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More

Santō Kyōden - Sakazuki - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man and woman seated on the floor, a shamisen between them, a child climbing on the man's back, the woman holding a cup; standing behind them is a woman with many hairpins. Title and other descrip... More

Wakanaya uchi Shiratsuyu, Eishi Hosoda - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Shiratsuyu, full-length portrait with many hairpins, sitting, facing left, holding a long pipe. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Hikitejaya mae no yuki usagi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a person walking to the left, mostly hidden by a snow-covered umbrella, a woman walking to the right, holding a tray with a snow sculpture of a bunny on it, and a woman sitting on a bench at a tea s... More

Susu harai, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows three courtesans helping a young samurai remove his swords. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertica... More

Matsubaya uchi segawa, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows the courtesan, Segawa, with two young male and female servants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: probably the left ... More

Hana, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing beneath a tree branch with blossoms, facing left, with several hairpins in her hair, holding a handkerchief next to her right eye, looking at a mirror or pict... More

Komurasaki and Gonpachi, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows the samurai-turned-murderer Gonpachi and the young beauty-turned-prostitute Komurasaki. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. ... More

Kukimanjiya uchi Takimoto, Kunitomi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Takimoto, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing colorful kimono with rooster design, and with many hairpins, holding a small child. Title and other descriptive ... More

Sandaime onoe kikugorō no yūjo - Public domain portrait print

Print shows actor Onoe Kikugorō III, facing right, sitting on the floor, holding a sheet of paper, in an onnagata role as a courtesan.

Wakamurasaki no hanashi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Meigi sanjū rokkasen : Famous 36 courtesans. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Inscri... More

Hashiba Hisakichi, Miaso Gozen, Buchi Gujiro, Buchi Mitsuhide

Mage o naosu yūjo - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows a courtesan (an oiran with a paper kerchief in her mouth) fixing her hair as she walks toward the left; probably part of a triptych. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nich... More

Gokakoku ... gankirō ni oite sakamori no zu

Ichikawa komazō no sano no genzaemon segawa kikunojō no keisei tamagik...

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Komazō as Sanno no Genzaemon holding an umbrella and walking with the courtesan Tamagiku, portrayed by the actor Segawa Kikunojō. Title and other descriptive information compiled ... More

Daimonjiya uchi tagasode, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women, courtesans, with two young attendants, wearing kimonos and geta. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: ve... More

Daimonjiyau chi maisumi, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows the courtesan Maisumi walking with two women and two children. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Hinagata... More

Santō Kyōden - Cyōjiya cyōzan - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows the courtesan Chōzan of Chōji-ya sitting next to a writing table with an attendant burning incense on a hibachi. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Kagiya osen to takashima ohisa - Public domain portrait print

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of two beautiful women, Osen waitress at the Kagiya teahouse, and Ohisa from the Takashima teahouse, one of them is holding a scroll.

Nikenjaya fujiya onobu - Public domain drawing

Print shows Onobu carrying a sake pot, walking toward steps outside a building, looking to the left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

Yamabuki ōgiya uchi takigawa, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows Takiqawa, a courtesan at Ōgiya, with a female attendant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Attributed to: Kitagawa Utamaro... More

Wakamurasaki kyōjo, Shigenobu Yanagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Wakamurasaki, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding a fan, as a member of the royal court. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Kadoebiya uchi taisei, Sadahide Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Taisei, with many hairpins, and a young girl. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tsuki yo yosh... More

Kadoebiyau chi azumaji, Sadahide Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Azumaji and a child looking into a small fish pond with full moon in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

Tsuchiya no Umegawa, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows Umegawa, a courtesan, full-length portrait, with a piece of cloth drawn over her head, facing right, carrying a parasol while walking along a stream, possibly at night. Title and other descriptive i... More

Hashiba Hisakichi, Miaso Gozen, Buchi Gujiro, Buchi Mitsuhide

Yokohama ijin shōkan no zu, Sadahide Utagawa

Siratama no hanashi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Yuki, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a courtesan, walking in the snow with two young female attendants carrying a parasol, and a male servant carrying a large parasol; the man appears to be barefoot, the women are wearing geta. Title a... More

Yotsumeya uchi kinshū, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Kinshū of Yotsumei-ya, a courtesan, full-length, facing right, with several hairpins and wearing geta, walking with two apprentices. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Miuraya komurasaki shirai gonpachi - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Jitsukurabe iro no minakami : True comparisons of erotic wellsprings. Format: vertica... More

Ōgiya uchi hanaōgi - Public domain drawing

Print shows Hanaōgi, a courtesan, half-length, holding a portrait of a man. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Edo shin-... More

Goyu, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman, possibly a courtesan, arranging her hair in front of a mirror. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series:... More

Tamaya uchi tagasode - Public domain drawing

Print shows Tagasode of Tama-ya, a courtesan, with many hairpins, and another woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: ... More

Hazuki - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women at a yoshiwara. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yoshiwara jūni kagetsu : Twelve months in t... More

Andon, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with several hairpins in her hair, carrying a lantern in her right hand and folded cloth or papers in her left hand, on her way to a meeting wit... More

Takaodayū, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Takao, a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one part of a larger Nis... More

Zensei kurabe kakuyū no zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows an interior view of a brothel with several courtesans, three in front of a standing screen showing scene of a large bird perched on a pine branch. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

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