The Courtesan Yugiri of Ibarakiya, Osaka, from a triptych of beauties of the three capitals

[Beauties of the three capitals triptych]

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

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

Modern Reproduction of “Beauties of the Three Capitals: Kyoto"

Courtesans of the Three Capitals

Portrait of Yugiri - a famous courtesan of the 17th Century

Courtesans Drawn in Osaka Style (Osaka kakiwake), from "Courtesans of the Three Capitals - A Set of Three (Sanga no tsu keisei sanpukutsui)"

Geisha [right of a triptych of Three Beauties]

Foreign Goods in Osaka (Osaka hitta karamono) from the series The Three Capitals (Santo no uchi)

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

The courtesan Ashiyagama of Osaka

Prostitute [center of a triptych of Three Beauties]

Courtesan Reading a Letter (from the series Collection of Beauties of the Green Houses)

Center Panel from a Triptych of Courtesans of the Three Cities: Yoshiwara - Snow

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

Courtesan Shizuka with three attendants (center sheet from a triptych)

A Triptych (Sanpukutsui): Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters of the Three Cities

High-Ranking Courtesans of the Three Capitals - A Set of Three (Santo tayu sanpukutsui)

City Girl [left of a triptych of Three Beauties]

Courtesan by a screen and brazier, from the series "Comparison of Beauties of the Green Houses" ("...

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)"

Three Women (from the series A Brief Collection of Japanese Beauties)

The Courtesan Usugumo of the Tamaya Brothel, series A Comparison of Beauties from the Green Houses (青楼美人合)

Three Beauties of the Present Day

「三幅対」 「新まち　ゑちご町　いはらきや大夫　夕きり」

Snowy Morning in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro yuki no ashita)

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hige no Ikyu in the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1782

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Hatakeyama Shigetada in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1789

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Okaru in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1787

Descending Geese for Bunshichi (Bunshichi no rakugan), from the series "Eight Views of Elegant Gallants (Furyu otokodate hakkei)"

The Actors Kameya Jujiro I as Soga no Juro and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oiso no Tora in the play ”Hatsu Hikage Maizuru Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1737

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ashiya Doman in the Play Kikyo-zome Onna Urakata, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1776

The Actor Arashi Sangrō II

「大いそのとら　瀬川菊之丞」「十郎介なり　亀屋十治郎」

Modern Reproduction of "Act 9" (Kudan-me), series The Storehouse of Loyalty (仮名手本忠臣蔵)

triptych print

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「風流男達八景」

「二役　とら　十郎　おきの伊三郎」

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kenkaya Gorouemon and Segawa Kikunojo I as Osen in the play "Hatsugoyomi Akinai Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1732

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I as Furukoori Shinzaemon disguised as Shimada Kanzaemon in the play "Ima wa Mukashi Omokage Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1737

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Ichikawa Monnosuke II

「小野々小町　山下京之助」

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Nagoya Sanzaburo and Ichimura Kamezo II in the play "Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Tsuitachi," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1766

Scene in het Daifukuya huis

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Tenjiku Tokubei (?) (right) and Bando Kumajuro as the Shopman Dempachi (?) (left), in the Play Keisei Katabira ga Tsuji (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1783 (?)