
Nichiren shōnin ichidai zue
Freer and Sackler
DPLA API

Shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami
Freer and Sackler
DPLA API
Chrysanthemum, cut from Mirror of Stone Rubbings (Ishizuri kagami)
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums API

Seikenji Fuji, from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)"
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago API

Print from Mirror of new Yoshiwara courtesans with samples of their calligraphy (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)
The Chester Beatty Library
Chester Beatty's Digital Collections
A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums API

Ashikaga Takauji and Nitta Yoshisada, from the series A Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan (Dai nippon meishō kagami)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art collection

Badger, from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago API
Taishō reproduction of "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums API

Courtesans of the Gakuiseya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago API

The Courtesan Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya, from the album "Comparing New Beauties of the Yoshiwara - A Mirror of Their Own Writings (Keisei shin bijin awase jikihitsu kagami)"
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago API

The Courtesans Utagawa and Nanasato from the Yotsumeya, from the album "Comparing New Beauties of the Yoshiwara - A Mirror of Their Own Writings (Keisei shin bijin awase jikihitsu kagami)"
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago API

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kan Shojo in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1768
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago API

Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago API

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo (?) in the Play Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1773 (?)
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago API
Printed Paper Slipcover for the book A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums API

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Sakura-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1772
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago API
Preface by Ota Nampo ('Yomo Sanjin" or Yomo no Akara) from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums API
Preface by Ota Nampo ('Yomo Sanjin" or Yomo no Akara) from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums API

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Matsuo-maru (?) in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Fourth Month, 1779 (?)
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago API

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Sakura-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1776
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago API

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III in a Female Role, Possibly Masago Gozen in the Play Keisei Azuma Kagami (A Courtesan's "Mirror of the East") (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1788
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago API
The courtesans Hitomoto and Tagasode of the Daimonji House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums API
The courtesans Segawa and Matsundo of the Matsuba House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)
Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums API
Last Updated: 2019-12-12
Uploaded: 2020-12-17
