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Utagawa Toyokuni III (Utagawa Kunisada), Suzuki Harunobu, Kitagawa Utamaro, Isoda Koryusai, Sugimura Jihei, Nishikawa Sukenobu, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

17 Artworks

Detail taken from Sode no maki (Handscroll for the Sleeve), ca. 1785

Bijin Under Mosquito Net, ca. 1770

Katsushika Hokusai

Tako to ama 蛸と海女 (Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, or, Diver Girl and Octopus) , 1814

Art History 101

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Wanting to Tweeze the Nape of the Neck / Air Bladders of Fish from the Sunomata River in Tōtōmi Province, 1852

"Life of Cats: Selections from the Hiraki Ukiyo-e Collection" at Japan Society, New York (2015)

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Sexual dalliance between man and geisha, ca. 1711-16

Kitagawa Utamaro

‘Fancy-free type’ (Uwaki no so), from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sogaku juttai), ca. 1792-3

Utagawa Toyokuni III (Utagawa Kunisada)

Genji goshu- yojo (Lasting Impressions of a Late Genji Collection), ca. 1857-61

Untitled erotic picture, Mid 1680s

Okumura Masanobu

Happy Dreams, ca. 1680

Hishikawa Moronobu

One Night of Adoration, ca. 1680

Katsushika Hokusai

Young Couple , ca. 1820

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Looking Tiresome: The Appearance of a Virgin of the Kansei Era from the series Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners, 1888

"Life of Cats: Selections from the Hiraki Ukiyo-e Collection" at Japan Society, New York (2015)

Utagawa Toyokuni III (Utagawa Kunisada)

Tattooed Lovers on a Cold Night, ca. 1840

Kitagawa Utamaro

Mare ni au koi 稀ニ逢恋 (Love that Rarely Meets), ca. 1793-1794

Artist Unavailable

Companion Wiping Powder off Woman's Neck and Shoulders, date unknown

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Kitagawa Utamaro

Lovers in the upstairs room of a teahouse, from Utamakura (Poem of the Pillow), ca. 1788

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Painful: the Appearance of a Prostitute of the Kansei era (1789-1801), 1888

17 Artworks:

Detail taken from Sode no maki (Handscroll for the Sleeve), ca. 1785

Okumura Masanobu

Happy Dreams, ca. 1680

Katsushika Hokusai

Young Couple , ca. 1820

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Looking Tiresome: The Appearance of a Virgin of the Kansei Era from the series Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners, 1888

"Life of Cats: Selections from the Hiraki Ukiyo-e Collection" at Japan Society, New York (2015)

Katsushika Hokusai

Tako to ama 蛸と海女 (Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, or, Diver Girl and Octopus) , 1814

Art History 101

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Wanting to Tweeze the Nape of the Neck / Air Bladders of Fish from the Sunomata River in Tōtōmi Province, 1852

"Life of Cats: Selections from the Hiraki Ukiyo-e Collection" at Japan Society, New York (2015)

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Sexual dalliance between man and geisha, ca. 1711-16

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Painful: the Appearance of a Prostitute of the Kansei era (1789-1801), 1888

Untitled erotic picture, Mid 1680s

Hishikawa Moronobu

One Night of Adoration, ca. 1680

Utagawa Toyokuni III (Utagawa Kunisada)

Tattooed Lovers on a Cold Night, ca. 1840

Kitagawa Utamaro

Mare ni au koi 稀ニ逢恋 (Love that Rarely Meets), ca. 1793-1794

Artist Unavailable

Companion Wiping Powder off Woman's Neck and Shoulders, date unknown

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Kitagawa Utamaro

Lovers in the upstairs room of a teahouse, from Utamakura (Poem of the Pillow), ca. 1788

Utagawa Toyokuni III (Utagawa Kunisada)

Genji goshu- yojo (Lasting Impressions of a Late Genji Collection), ca. 1857-61

Bijin Under Mosquito Net, ca. 1770

Kitagawa Utamaro

‘Fancy-free type’ (Uwaki no so), from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sogaku juttai), ca. 1792-3

Detail taken from Sode no maki (Handscroll for the Sleeve), ca. 1785

Hishikawa Moronobu

One Night of Adoration, ca. 1680

Kitagawa Utamaro

Mare ni au koi 稀ニ逢恋 (Love that Rarely Meets), ca. 1793-1794

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Sexual dalliance between man and geisha, ca. 1711-16

Kitagawa Utamaro

‘Fancy-free type’ (Uwaki no so), from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sogaku juttai), ca. 1792-3

Untitled erotic picture, Mid 1680s

Katsushika Hokusai

Young Couple , ca. 1820

Utagawa Toyokuni III (Utagawa Kunisada)

Tattooed Lovers on a Cold Night, ca. 1840

Katsushika Hokusai

Tako to ama 蛸と海女 (Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, or, Diver Girl and Octopus) , 1814

Art History 101

Artist Unavailable

Companion Wiping Powder off Woman's Neck and Shoulders, date unknown

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Painful: the Appearance of a Prostitute of the Kansei era (1789-1801), 1888

Bijin Under Mosquito Net, ca. 1770

Okumura Masanobu

Happy Dreams, ca. 1680

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Looking Tiresome: The Appearance of a Virgin of the Kansei Era from the series Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners, 1888

"Life of Cats: Selections from the Hiraki Ukiyo-e Collection" at Japan Society, New York (2015)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Wanting to Tweeze the Nape of the Neck / Air Bladders of Fish from the Sunomata River in Tōtōmi Province, 1852

"Life of Cats: Selections from the Hiraki Ukiyo-e Collection" at Japan Society, New York (2015)

Kitagawa Utamaro

Lovers in the upstairs room of a teahouse, from Utamakura (Poem of the Pillow), ca. 1788

Utagawa Toyokuni III (Utagawa Kunisada)

Genji goshu- yojo (Lasting Impressions of a Late Genji Collection), ca. 1857-61

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