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鈴木 春信 Suzuki Harunobu (c.1725–1770)
坐敷八景 Zashiki Hakkei "Eight Parlour Views"

風流座敷八景 Fūryū Zashiki Hakkei ("Eight Fashionable Parlour Views" or "Eight Modern Parlour Views") were the erotic versions.


 * *99: 八重桜 = Yaezakura (Double-petaled Cherry Blossom) 南山さき屋内 = Minami Yamazaki-ya uchi, 元浦 = Motoura, Courtesan Motoura of Minami Yamazaki-ya seated on windowsill with kamuro, from the series 浮世美人 Ukioyo bijin, The Flowers of Beauty from the Floating World, https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/beautiful-courtesan-motoura-suzuki-harunobu/wQGFqYUFYHceRg?hl=en : Beautiful Courtesan Motoura and a young kamuro (attendant or apprentice) in Shinagawa pleasure district. Unlike the famous Yoshiwara pleasure quarter, which was authorized by the Tokugawa Shogunate, Shinagawa quarter prospered as unauthorized facilities. A long kiseru (Japanese pipe) and a tobacco tray were necessities for courtesans in those days. Since Shinagawa district is located near the sea, various ships can be seen in this print. For the kanji, see https://art.honolulumuseum.org/objects/1708/motoura-of-the-minami-yamasakiya-minami-yamazakiya-no-uchi

歌川 国貞 Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)
Utagawa Kunisada, at the age of 80 years, dated 1865. This memorial portrait was by his principal student, Utagawa Kunisada II, and is one of the few known images of Kunisada.

豊原 国周 Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900)
Kogiku in Saruwaka-Cho (c. 1878) The long, vertical cartouche on the right calls the woman Kogiku ("small chrysanthemum") and gives the address in Saruwaka-Cho (now Asakusa), an entertainment district in Japan's capital city. The stamp on the carte de visite represents the noted Tokyo portrait photographer Uchida Kuichi (1844–1875), who had a studio in Asakusa.

月岡 芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
(also named 大蘇 芳年 Taiso Yoshitoshi)