The shishi-mai posters & prints

The Shishi-mai Dance Utagawa Kunisada

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

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

Shishi, Lion Anonymous

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

Shoki and the Demons Wilhelm Greve

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

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

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

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

Leaf from Album of Seasonal Themes: Brush, Holder, and Leaves, 1847 Shibata Zeshin

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

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

Saruwaka Cho, Yoru Shibai Anonymous

Hanshan and Shide, mid-1500s Shikibu Terutada

The Shrimp Fisherman Kono Bairei

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

Ôgiya uchi Yashio, Someki, Tsumaki, Yashio of the Ôgiya, kamuro Someki, Tsumaki Utamaro Kitagawa

Leaf from Album of Seasonal Themes: Lotus, 1847 Shibata Zeshin

Leaf from Album of Seasonal Themes: Crescent Moon, 1847 Shibata Zeshin

Woman by a Plum Tree Matched with the Wisteria Maiden…, c. early 1830s Yanagawa Shigenobu

Segawa Kikunojo II as the Heron Maiden, 1770 Ippitsusai Buncho

Portrait of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the Nurse Shigenoi, from the Play Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna Toshusai Sharaku

View from Massaki on the Grove near Suijin Shrine, the Uchigawa Inlet and Sekiya Village. Utagawa Hiroshige

The Dreams of Kusunoki's Warriors in the Battle of Shijo-nawate Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Leaf from Album of Seasonal Themes: Maple Leaves and Feather, 1847 Shibata Zeshin

Arashi Rikan as Sanshichi Kurobei in the Play 'Natsu matsuri Naniwa Kagami' Shumbaisai Hokuei

Mishima and the Courtesan Nanahito of Sugateibi-ya Keisai Eisen

A man reading The Daily Mail, Shropshire AW Cutler

Satomi Jirotaro Yoshishige Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Takashima Ohisa (Ohisa of the Takashima tea-shop) Kitagawa Utamaro

Nihombashi may Anonymous

Statue Location Information: Chiang Mai, Thailand Anonymous

Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Gorobei, the Fish Seller from Sanya, 1794 Toshusai Sharaku

Edna May in Hugh Morton's The Belle of New York at Shaftesbury Theatre W. and D. Downey

Shotoku Taishi and His Sons, 1300s Unknown