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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.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.Date: 1857Reference: 36774i- Pictures
Two richly attired courtesans in a sumptuous room. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1870s.
Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.Date: [between 1870 and 1879]Reference: 36896i- Pictures
A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.
Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.Date: 1859Reference: 36649i- Pictures
A courtesan seated provocatively with her hand on a pillow. Colour woodcut, 1868.
Date: 1868Reference: 36904i- Pictures
A girl in youthful dress is tying votive slips, on which she has asked for a husband. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1872.
Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.Date: 1872Reference: 36762i- Pictures
A woman has just completed her morning toilet at the Maisaka station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37060i- Pictures
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A woman placing glowing charcoal in a sand-filled box to provide warmth. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1852Reference: 36677i- Pictures
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A bride emerging from a sedan chair assisted by two women, set in a palatial residence. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1850.
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861.Date: 1847/1850Reference: 36851i- Pictures
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Two women playing traditional instruments to a listening child, surrounded by the furnishings of a wealthy, traditional home. Colour woodcut by Chikanobu, 1883.
Hashimoto, Chikanobu, 1838-1912.Date: 1883Reference: 37186i- Pictures
A pleasure house with geisha and two men; a trainee geisha in the foreground plays the shamisen; one man seeks to pour the other a drink. Colour woodcut, 1868.
Date: 1868Reference: 36906i- Pictures
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A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.
Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.Date: 1859Reference: 36642i- Pictures
A woman and a girl practising the tea ceremony. Colour woodcut by Ginkō, 1887.
Ginkō (Adachi Heishichi), active 1874-1897.Date: 1887Reference: 36747i- Pictures
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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.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.Date: 1857Reference: 36786i- Pictures
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A woman trying on a new pair of sandals and an inset view of Edo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1857.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1857Reference: 36707i- Pictures
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Court ladies producing silk under the supervision of the empress; their tasks include preparing eggs, chopping mulberry leaves, feeding caterpillars and unwinding cocoons. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki II, 1883.
Utagawa, Kuniaki, 1835-1888.Date: 1883Reference: 36756i- Pictures
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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.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1860Reference: 36688i- Pictures
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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.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1860Reference: 36684i- Pictures
Women performing the tea ceremony. Colour woodcut by Chikanobu, 1896.
Hashimoto, Chikanobu, 1838-1912.Date: 1896Reference: 36735i- Pictures
Court ladies accompanying the Imperial carriage to the train station in Kyoto in the rain. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, ca. 1880.
Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.Date: [1880?]Reference: 36902i- Books
Ugly : giving us back our beauty standards / Anita Bhagwandas.
Bhagwandas, AnitaDate: [2023]- Pictures
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La belle Espagnole, - ou - la doublure de Madame Tallien.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815Date: 25 February 1796Reference: 16855i- Pictures
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An elderly anatomist contemplates the heart that he has excised from the corpse of a beautiful, young woman. Photogravure by R. Schuster, 1907, after a painting by E. Simonet, 1890.
Simonet y Lombardo, Enrique, 1864-1927.Date: 1906Reference: 25919i- Pictures
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An elderly anatomist contemplates the heart that he has excised from the corpse of a beautiful, young woman. Photogravure by R. Schuster, 1906, after a painting by E. Simonet, 1890.
Simonet y Lombardo, Enrique, 1864-1927.Date: 1906Reference: 25615i