Sengai Gibon

'Tenmangu', Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin Traveling to China, early 19th century Sengai Gibon

Geisha with Hibachi Utagawa Kunisada II

The Chapter 'Asagao', from the Genji in Edo Style series Kikukawa Eizan

Prince Genji on a veranda with two women Murata Heiemon

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II Dancing with a Parasol, late 1770s Katsukawa Shunsho

Actors in Keisei Sanbon Karakasa Toshusai Sharaku

Gebon no zu [Picture of the lower class] Utamaro Kitagawa

Dream Ukihashi Utagawa Toyokuni

Jigoku Reigan Anonymous

A modern version of the Tale of Genji in snow scenes Anonymous

Albums of scenes from The Tale of Genji, early 17th century Tosa Mitsunori

Gebon no zu [Picture of the lower class] Utamaro Kitagawa

The Courtesan Hana-ogi of Ogiya as the Sennin Tekkai…, mid 1790s Kitagawa Utamaro

The Geisha Motozuru of Kaideya as a Dancer in Court Robes…, early 1820s Yanagawa Shigenobu

Geisha Standing Beside a Shamisen Case, c. 1810 Utamaro II

Bando Mitsugoro II as Shinbei in the Kabuki Play 'Sukeroku', late 18th-early 19th century Utagawa Toyokuni I

No Title, 1790-1848 Keisai Eisen

Tekkai Sennin Exhaling His Spirit Tani Buncho

Twelve Scenes from The Tale of Genji, mid-17th century Unknown

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

Edward Gibbon, 1773 Henry Walton

Sumo wrestler Sakaigawa Namiemon (to the left), with other sumo wrestlers and geishas at a party Anonymous

Kobayashi no Asahina Print Anonymous

Kinokuniya Sawamura Sanj-ro III as Oboshi Yuranosuke Anonymous

Actor as Kimon no Kihei, c. 1850 Ryusai Kunishige

Binzasara, A Dance with Clappers?., early 1790s Eishosai Choki

The Tale of Genji, 17th century Kaiho Yusetsu

The Streetwalker Okane of Dotombori in Osaka Chokyosai Eiri

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

Hotei, 1878 Settei Hasegawa

Beauty of the Kanbun Era, late 17th century Unknown

Illustration from 'The Tale of Genji' Utagawa (1786-1865) Kunisada

Parody of Murasaki, from 'Lavender', chapter 5 of the Tale of Genji, 18th century Kawamata Tsuneyuki

Half-Length Portrait of the Actor Onoe Eizaburo Kunimasa

Ichikawa Komazo No Sano No Genzaemon Segawa Kikunojo No Keisei Tamagiku Anonymous

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