ILLUSTRATIONS
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Hiroshige: The Bow-moonFrontispiece
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1.Moronobu: A Pair of Lovers71
2. Sukenobu: A Young Courtesan77
3. Kwaigetsudō: Courtesan arranging her Coiffure (Spaulding Collection)81
4. Okumura Masanobu: Courtesans at Toilet93
5.Okumura Masanobu: Standing Woman97
6.Okumura Masanobu: Young Nobleman Playing the Drum (Chandler Collection)101
7. Toyonobu: Two Komuso, represented by the Actors Sanokawa Ichimatsu and Onoye Kikugoro (Chandler Collection)109
8.Toyonobu: Girl opening an Umbrella (Metzgar Collection)113
Toyonobu: Woman dressing113
9.Kiyomitsu: The Actor Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman smoking117
10.Kiyomitsu: Woman with Basket Hat121
Kiyomitsu: Woman coming from Bath121
11.Harunobu: Young Girl in Wind (Gookin Collection)137
12.Harunobu: Lady talking with Fan-vendor (Chandler Collection)141
13.Harunobu: Girl viewing Moon and Blossoms (Chandler Collection)145
14.Harunobu: Courtesan detaining a passing Samurai149
15.Harunobu: Shirai Gompachi disguised as a Komuso153
Harunobu: Girl playing with Kitten153
16.Koriusai: Mother and Boy161
Koriusai: Two Lovers in the Fields; Spring Cuckoo161
17.Koriusai: Two Ladies165
Koriusai: A Game of Tag165
18.Shigemasa: Two Ladies169
Koriusai: A Courtesan169
19.Shunsho: An Actor of the Ishikawa School in tragic rôle175
20.Shunsho: The Actor Nakamura Matsuye as a Woman in White179
21.Shunsho: The Actor Nakamura Noshio in Female rôle (Gookin Collection)183
22.Buncho: Courtesan and her Attendant in Snowstorm (Mansfield Collection)187
23.Shunyei: An Actor191
24.Shunko: The Actor Ishikawa Monnosuke in Character195
25.Kiyonaga: The Courtesan Hana-ōji with Attendants211
26.Kiyonaga: Lady with two Attendants (Gookin Collection)215
27.Kiyonaga: The Courtesan Shizuka with Attendants in the Peony Garden at Asakusa219
28.Kiyonaga: Two Women and a Tea-house Waitress beside the Sumida River (Gookin Collection)223
29.Kiyonaga: Yoshitsune Serenading the Lady Jorurihime (Spaulding Collection)227
30.Kiyonaga: Geisha with Servant carrying Lute-box231
Kiyonaga: Woman painting her Eyebrows231
31.Shuncho: Group at a Temple Gate (Mansfield Collection)235
32.Shuncho: Two Ladies under Umbrella239
Shuncho: The Courtesan Hana-ōji; the Sumida River seen through the Window239
33.Shuncho: Two Ladies in a Boat on the Sumida River243
Yeisho: Two Courtesans after the Bath243
34.Kitao Masanobu: The Cuckoo (Spaulding Collection)251
35.Yeishi: Three Ladies by the Seashore267
36.Yeishi: Lady with Tobacco-pipe271
37.Yeishi: Interior opening on to the Seashore (Metzgar Collection)275
38.Utamaro: Okita of Naniwaya, a Tea-house Waitress (Chandler Collection)283
39.Utamaro: Two Courtesans287
40.Utamaro: Woman Seated on a Veranda291
41.Utamaro: A Youthful Prince and Ladies295
42.Sharaku: The Actor Arashi Ryuzō in the rôle of one of the Forty-seven Ronin (Spaulding Collection)301
43.Sharaku: The Actor Ishikawa Danjuro in the rôle of Moronao309
44.Sharaku: The Actor Kosagawa Tsuneyo as a Woman in the Drama of the Forty-seven Ronin (Ainsworth Collection)313
45.Choki: Courtesan and Attendant321
Shunman: Two Ladies under a Maple-tree321
46.Choki: A Courtesan and her Lover325
Choki: A Geisha and her Servant carrying Lute-box 325
47.Toyokuni: Ladies and Cherry Blossoms in the Wind (Metzgar Collection)333
48.Toyohiro: A Daimyo's kite-party341
49.Hokusai: Fuji, seen across the Tama River, Province of Musashi361
50.Hokusai: Fuji, seen from the Pass of Mishima, Province of Kahi367
51.Hokusai: The Monkey Bridge; Twilight and Rising Moon371
52.Hiroshige: Homing Geese at Katada; Twilight377
53.Hiroshige: The Seven Ri Ferry, Kuwana, at the Mouth of the Kiso River; Sunset383
54.Hiroshige: The Village of the Fuji Kawa; Evening Snow387
55.Hiroshige: The Ommaya Embankment, on the Sumida River at Asakusa; Evening391
56.Hiroshige: Bird and Flowers395