Beauties of the Three Capitals: Kayo of Kyoto, Ikkaku of Osaka, and Kokichi of Tokyo

Three Beauties: Kayo of Kyoto, Hitotsuru of Osaka, and Kokichi of Tokyo

Three geisha: Kayo of Kyoto, Hitotsuru of Osaka, and Kokichi of Tokyo

Beauties of the Three Capitals: Edo (right), Kyoto (center), and Osaka (left)

Beauties of the Three Capitals: Shimabara in Kyoto (right), Yoshiwara in Edo (center), and Shinmachi in Osaka (left)

Courtesan of Osaka and Her Attendant, left sheet of a triptych of beauties of the three capitals (Sanpukutsui Osaka hidari)

Actor Yamashita Kinsaku as Asama, from the series Beauties of the Three Cities, Edo, Osaka, and Kyoto

Beauties of the Three Cities (Osaka, Kyoto and Edo), with poems by Kokintei Yurahito, Mantotei Takomaru and an associate

Courtesans Drawn in Osaka style (right), Kyoto style (center), and Edo style (left), from "Courtesans of the Three Capitals: A Set of Three (Sanga no tsu keisei sanpukutsui)"

Sakurazuna Komasu and Sakurazuna Kokichi from Osaka Showed Their Performance in the Precincts of Sensoji Temple (Ladder and Ball Juggling Performances)

Dagger (Tantō) Inscribed “Made by Takahashi Seiunshi Nobuhide of Osaka, 75 years of age / Made at Kyoto Imperial University on an auspicious day in February, 1917”