Floating World

Chokosai Eisho (flourished 1790s)

The courtesans Hinazuru, Ori, and Misayama of the Chojiya house | Edo period, late 18th century

Yoshitomo Nara

Full Moon Night, from In the Floating World (M. & S. E-1999-013)

Kitagawa Tsukimaro (Kikumaro, active circa 1794-1836)

The courtesan Katsuyama of the Nakataya house and two kamuro (Nakataya uchi Katsuyama) | Edo period, 19th century

Kitagawa Utamaro

The courtesan Wakagusa of the Wakanaya house and Ukiyo Inosuke (Wakanaya Wakakusa, Ukiyo Inosuke) | Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century