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Genji and a boy attendant outside a house on a moonlit night. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.Date: 1857Reference: 36769i- Pictures
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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
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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
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
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A naked young woman being massaged by an older man. Reproduction of a drawing, 1932, by J. Hémard.
Hémard, Joseph, 1880-1961.Date: [1932]Reference: 15838i- 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 beautiful young albino woman. Stipple engraving, 1816.
Date: 1 November 1816Reference: 2924i- 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- Books
Facing beauty : painted women & cosmetic art / Aileen Ribeiro.
Ribeiro, Aileen, 1944-Date: [2011], ©2011- Pictures
Three women of the Loftus family (?). Stipple engraving by E. Stodart, 1890, after R. Cosway.
Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821.Date: September 1st 1890Reference: 587275i- Pictures
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A Japanese woman. Colour woodcut, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 730504i- 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- Books
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The art of beauty, or, a companion for the toilet. In which the charms of the person are considered and explained: under the several heads of shape, features, and complexion. To which are added, Easy, Safe, and Certain Methods, of attaining External Beauty. Being an entire New Work, written by a late eminent English physician at the Russian Court. And absolutely necessary for every Woman that would either become, or continue Handsome.
Eminent English physician at the Russian Court.Date: 1760- Books
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Die Schöuheit des weiblichen Körpers : den Müttern, Ärzten und Künstlern gewidmet / von C.H. Stratz.
Stratz, C. H. (Carl Heinrich), 1858-1924.Date: 1900- Books
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Die Schöuheit des weiblichen Körpers : den Müttern, Ärzten und Künstlern gewidmet / von C.H. Stratz.
Stratz, C. H. (Carl Heinrich), 1858-1924.Date: 1900