The shishi-mai posters & prints

The Shishi-mai Dance Utagawa Kunisada

Shishi Amongst Peonies, detail. Japan, mid-19th century Unknown

Shishi, Lion Anonymous

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

The young maiden Oshichi Anonymous

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

Bust Portrait of Ohisa of the Takashimaya Holding a Tobacco Pipe Kiyomasa

Double Half-Length Portrait of Moto, a Maidservant of the Yoshidaya and the Geisha Mizue Momokawa Choki

A double half-length portrait of Moto, a maidservant of the Yoshidaya, and the Geisha Mizue Eishosai Choki

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

Shichidanme, Act seven of the Kanadehon Chushingura Katsushika Hokusai

Portrait of the writer and admiral Alexander Semyonovich Shishkov Anonymous

Eight Views of Omi: Miidera, Ishiyama, Seta Hiroshige

Oshichi the Young Maiden Oshichi Anonymous

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

Portrait of Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin, 1873 Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy

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

Standing Figure of the Bodhisattva Jizo (K'Shitegarbha) Anonymous

Under the cherry blossoms, looking northeast along the main avenue of Shiba Park, Tokyo, Japan Underwood & Underwood

The Courtesan Shizuka of Tama-ya. Anonymous

Mishima from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Utagawa Hiroshige

The Mast Tree Grove, Study Attributed to Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin Anonymous

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

Seishi of the Kinpei Tea-house Utagawa Fusatane

Narumi: the local fabric Arimatsu Shibori shop Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige

Ichikawa Danjuro V in the Shibaraku role as Kato Shigemitsu, at the Nakamura-za, 1782 Anonymous

Act II of Chushingura, The Young Samurai Rikiya, with Kononami, Honzo Partly Hidden Behind the Door Utamaro

Shispul Arguing with Rukmini's Father, Bhishmaka, page from a Rukmini Mangal series, c. 1800 Mola Ram (possibly)

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

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

The Maid and the Magpie, A Cottage Interior at Shillington, Bedfordshire, 1834 William Henry Hunt

People, Including Many Women and Children, and Roosters at the Shiba Sinmei Shrine Anonymous

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

Visit to a Shrine at the Hour of the Ox (Ushi no toki mairi) Anonymous

Bird's-Eye View of the Buddhist Temple at Ishiyama-Dera Anonymous

'Toiler of the sea', with his curious fishing net, bay of Matsushima, Japan Underwood & Underwood