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  • Empress and court ladies in traditional formal dress on an outing to Kameido plum tree gardens to the east of Tokyo, to view the plum blossoms and write poems about them. Colour woodcut by Chikashige, 1878.
  • A woman placing glowing charcoal in a sand-filled box to provide warmth. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.
  • A courtly young man grapples with an assailant: his woman companion reacts with shock as she hides her face (Chapter 46, beneath the oak, from the 'Tale of genji'). Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • Prince Genji in elegant modern dress in an elegant apartment with the blinds rolled up so he can enjoy the autumnal garden and listen to the cricket's song; a girl attendant pours him sake. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • Prince Genji and a girl by a garden pond at night, standing next to a flare burning on a stand. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • Courtesan Mori Murasaki of the brothel Kimpei Daikoku in the New Yoshiwara (licensed quarters), slides open a screen and looks at her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1870.
  • A bride emerging from a sedan chair assisted by two women, set in a palatial residence. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1850.
  • A woman as Ohara-me, of the Ohara village outside Kyoto, who carries a load of cut flowers on her head, attracting a butterfly. Colour woodcut by Yamamoto Shōun, 1906.
  • A child attendant for a courtesan in a brothel holds a western watch and looks towards the client. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1870.
  • Prince Genji in modern dress, seated beside an ornate lantern. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1858.
  • Prince Genji in modern dress with lady attendants visiting Ashikaya (north Kantō Plain) in the fifth lunar month; peasants in the broad, panoramic landscape setting are busy with the spring planting. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • Children in traditional dress, playing ball on a verandah overlooking a garden. Colour woodcut by Chikanobu, 1883.
  • A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.
  • Two women at a shrine; a kite is resting on a box and bundle on the right; part of a ceremonial gate is visible on the left and a stone lantern is seen beyond. Colour woodcut, ca. 1800.
  • An older woman is undressing; her broad sash (obi) lies on the ground behind her. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1858.
  • An ornately dressed girl is carried to a shrine on a man's shoulders, a woman follows her holding her long skirts; there is a sweet seller's stall to the right and a shrine gate to the left. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • A naked young woman being massaged by an older man. Reproduction of a drawing, 1932, by J. Hémard.
  • Two attendants are warming sake on a fire of autumn leaves; a woman stands like an apparition between them, holding the sake bottle. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • A cat (?) on a leash carries a letter from a princess who has pulled aside a screen to gaze on the young man to whom she sends the letter; he holds a ball used in the courtly form of football. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • Attendants bringing bedding and a basin to a pavilion erected in a large, private garden. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1861.
  • A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.
  • Genji holds a painted fan: the young woman at the elegant table is about to paint a fan: the older woman holds up a painted screen panel, perhaps providing the girl with a model; everything is elegant and fashionable. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • Two women playing traditional instruments to a listening child, surrounded by the furnishings of a wealthy, traditional home. Colour woodcut by Chikanobu, 1883.
  • On the right the woman with clappers is seated on the Kabuki stage; a female role actor plays the young princess to the left. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.
  • Title page to a set of twelve beauties linked to the twelve months. Colour woodcut by Toshihide, ca. 1900.
  • Genji and a boy attendant outside a house on a moonlit night. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • In an elegantly furnished room, a courtly young man pulls on a boy page's sleeve; a woman looks on from the next room. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • A girl pretending to be frightened by a boy in a fox mask. Colour woodcut by Yamamoto Shōun, 1906.
  • A kneeling woman in a broad straw hat, holding a pipe; a shamisen rests against the reed fence to the right; the view behind is a view of Fuji from Mukōjima. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1854.