Shikisanba posters & prints

Yatsushi shikisanba, A modern version of the Sarugaku play Shikisanba Katsukawa Shunsen

Three Actors in the Roles of Senzai, Okina, and Sanbaso, on Stage Performing in the Noh Play Shikisanba (or Shikisamba) Anonymous

Furyu onna shikisanb Utagawa Toyokuni

Three Women (or the Male Actors Portraying Women) in the Role of the Three Old Men Who Typically Perform the... Anonymous

Oshichi and Kichisaburo at the Gameboard (Oshichi Kichisaburo no bansho), 1800 Kitagawa Utamaro

Actors in Keisei Sanbon Karakasa Toshusai Sharaku

The Courtesan Kisagata of Ohishiya Strolling at Night with Two Shinzo and a Kamuro, c. 1790 Ch?bunsai Eishi

Onogawa Kisaburo and Tanikaze Kajinosuke performing the shikiri in the dohyo, the referee Kimura Shonosuke behind them Katsukawa Shunsho

Murasaki Shikibu at Ishiyamadera Temple, based on the print…, ca. 1892 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

From the series Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets: Shikishi Naishinno, c1830. Hokusai

Painting, 19th century Shibata Zeshin

A geisha sleeping in a tea house, Hikone, Japan Underwood & Underwood

Nakamura Tomijuro and Nakamura Shichisaburo II as the Lovers Agemaki and Sukeroku, 1753 Torii Kiyonobu II

Okubi-e portraits of the wrestler Onogawa Kisaburo and the noted beauty Ohisa of the Takashimaya Katsukawa Shuncho

Oshichi the greengrocer's daughter, Kichisaburô the boy-servant and Dozaemon Denkichi. Chiwa kagami tsuki no murakumo Utamaro Kitagawa

A Younger Courtesan Under Cherry Blossoms at Night in Yoshiwaram Utagawa Yoshifuji

Rokudaime iwai hanshiro shichikaiki tsuizen (shigenoi ko wakare) Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Ichikawa Monnosuke III as the Geisha Otsuma of Mirokucho Utagawa Kunisada (I)

Shirakawa Village, Giju, Japan Anonymous

Nakamura Shikan II as Tadanobu Shunbaisai Hokuei

Shichiri beach in Sagami province, c.1830 Katsushika Hokusai

The Courtesans Karagoto and Nishikido of Chojiya, late 1800s Utamaro II

Dai Shichi, Act Seven Anonymous

Kyomachi nichome kirihishiya uchi manyo, The courtesan Manyo of the house of Kirihishi at Nichome Kyomachi in Yoshiwara Torii Kiyonaga

Heisa rakugan, Geese descending on a sandbank Sekkyo

Zashiki No Yujo to Kamuro, Courtesan and Kamuro in a Parlour Anonymous

Ichikawa Danjuro IX in a roundel in the guise of a Yama Bashi, attributed to Chikanobu, Toyohara Chikanobu

Oshichi the greengrocer's daughter, Kichisaburô the boy-servant and Dozaemon Denkichi Utamaro Kitagawa

Doguya jinza hokaibo bokon shimobe gunsuke, Actors in the roles of Doguya Jinza, Hokaibo Bokon, and Shimobe Gunsuke Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Secchu sanbashi no geinin, Entertainers from Setchu in the snow Kikukawa Eizan

The Courtesans Hanamurasaki and Koshikibu of the Tamaya Promenading in the Rain, c. early 1830s Gototei Kunisada

The Courtesan Shizuka of Tama-ya. Anonymous

Matsubaya uchi yosooi, The Courtesan Yosoi of Matsuba-ya Utamaro II

The Courtesan Ichikawa of The Matsubaya Kitagawa Utamaro

Cockerel, Hen and Chicks Shibata Zeshin

Oshichi and Kichisaburo, c. 1800 Kitagawa Utamaro