Shimada Collection

Japanese girl painting her lips, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Japanese girl painting her lips, 1864. Engraving of a sketch '...by Mr. C. Wirgman, our special artist...[of] a young girl painting her face after the usual daily bath

The Courtesan Hanamurasaki of Tamaya from the series Supreme Beauties of the Present Day, 1794

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Okoma (right), and Arashi Sangoro III as the Hairdres... c. 1776. Creator: Shunsho
The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Okoma (right), and Arashi Sangoro III as the Hairdresser Obana Saizaburo (left), in the Play Koi Musume Mukashi Hachijo

Rain the Morning After in the Pleasure Quarter (Seiro kinuginu no ame), c. 1795. Creator: Eishosai Choki
Rain the Morning After in the Pleasure Quarter (Seiro kinuginu no ame), c. 1795. Courtesans lighting pipes, putting on make up. Detail from a larger artwork

Rain the Morning After in the Pleasure Quarter (Seiro kinuginu no ame), c. 1795. Creator: Eishosai Choki
Rain the Morning After in the Pleasure Quarter (Seiro kinuginu no ame), c. 1795. Courtesans making tea. Detail from a larger artwork

Beauty applying rouge, from the series "Comaprison of Beauties in Eastern Brocade...c. 1804/10
Beauty applying rouge, from the series "Comaprison of Beauties in Eastern Brocade (Azuma nishiki bijin awase)", c. 1804/10

The Courtesan Nareginu of the Wakanaya, c. 1804 / 30. Creator: Kikugawa Eishin
The Courtesan Nareginu of the Wakanaya, c. 1804/30. Attributed to Kikugawa Eishin

Painful (Itaso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)
Painful (Itaso), from the series " Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)", 1888

Takigawa of the Ogiya in the First Sale of the New Year (Hatsu uri zashiki no zu), c. 1794/95. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
Takigawa of the Ogiya in the First Sale of the New Year (Hatsu uri zashiki no zu), from the series "A Comparison of Selected Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase)", c

Takashima, from the series "A Collection of Flower-like Faces of... late 18th/early 19th century
Takashima, from the series "A Collection of Flower-like Faces of Beauties (Bijin kagan shu)", late 18th/early 19th century

New Clothes for the Festival of New Herbs... late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
New Clothes for the Festival of New Herbs (Wakana no hatsuisho): Tamagiku of the Kadotamaya with Attendants Kikuno and Kikuji, late 18th-early 19th century

A Selection of Six Flowers - A Parody Rokkasen (Yatsushi rokkasen): Bishop Henjo, c. 1798. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
A Selection of Six Flowers - A Parody Rokkasen (Yatsushi rokkasen): Bishop Henjo, c. 1798

A Courtesan Reading a Letter, 1820/25. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
A Courtesan Reading a Letter, 1820/25. Woman with elaborate shimada hairstyle, wearing a kimono with peony design

Nanamachi of the Yotsumeya with Attendants Sumano and Akashi, c. 1787. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
Nanamachi of the Yotsumeya with Attendants Sumano and Akashi, c. 1787

Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): Kisegawa of the Matsubaya... c. 1797. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): Kisegawa of the Matsubaya with Attendants Onami and Menami, c. 1797

Misayama of the Chojiya, from the series Beauties of the Licensed Quarter, c1795
Misayama of the Chojiya, from the series Beauties of the Licensed Quarter (Kakuchu bijin kurabe), c. 1795

Moto, a Waitress of the Yoshidaya, and the Geisha Mizue, c. 1794. Creator: Eishosai Choki
Moto, a Waitress of the Yoshidaya, and the Geisha Mizue, c. 1794

Rain the Morning After in the Pleasure Quarter (Seiro kinuginu no ame), c. 1795. Courtesans lighting pipes, putting on make up and making tea while others still sleep

Osumi, a Tayu of the Tsuchiya in the Shinmachi Quarter in Osaka, c. 1796 / 97
Osumi, a Tayu of the Tsuchiya in the Shinmachi Quarter in Osaka, c. 1796/97

Nakayama Tomisaburo, c. 1800. Creator: Enkyo
Nakayama Tomisaburo, c. 1800. Kabuki actor playing a woman

The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya, c. 1795. Creator: Ichirakutei Eisui
The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya, c. 1795

The Courtesan Senzan of the Chojiya, from the series "Beauties of the Five
The Courtesan Senzan of the Chojiya, from the series " Beauties of the Five Festivals (Bijin gosekku)", c. 1795/1800

The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya, c. 1798. Creator: Ichirakutei Eisui
The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya, c. 1798

A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): Courtesans Hired... c. 1794
A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): Courtesans Hired for the New Years Holidays - Takigawa of the Ogiya, c. 1794

Naniwaya Okita and Takashima Ohisa playing a game of ken, c. 1793/94. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
Naniwaya Okita and Takashima Ohisa playing a game of ken, c. 1793/94

Beauty Replacing Her Hairpin, Edo period, 1798. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
Beauty Replacing Her Hairpin, Edo period, 1798

The Entertainer Tamino and the Serving Girl Nui of the Sumiyoshiya, c. 1792

Kan, a waitress of the Izutsuya, and the geisha Fuseya of the Ogiya, c. 1794

The courtesan Yachiyo of Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans on parade, Japan, c. 1814

Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro, Japan, n. d. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro, Japan, n.d

Tomimoto Toyohina, from the series "Famous Beauties of Edo (Edo komei bijin)"
Tomimoto Toyohina, from the series " Famous Beauties of Edo (Edo komei bijin)", Japan, c. 1793/94

Tomimoto Toyohina, Japan, c. 1793. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Tomimoto Toyohina, Japan, c. 1793

Geisha of the West District, Japan, n. d. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Geisha of the West District, Japan, n.d

Geisha and Attendant on a Rainy Night, Japan, c. 1797. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Geisha and Attendant on a Rainy Night, Japan, c. 1797

Woman Holding a Tortoise-shell Hair-comb, Japan, c. 1795 / 96. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Woman Holding a Tortoise-shell Hair-comb, Japan, c. 1795/96

Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya with Attendants Senkaku and Banki, Japan, n. d
Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya with Attendants Senkaku and Banki, Japan, n.d

Act VIII (Hachidanme), from the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers... Japan, c
Act VIII (Hachidanme), from the series " The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)", Japan, c. 1798/99

Mosquito Net, from the series Model Young Women in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume... Japan, c)
Mosquito Net, from the series Model Young Women in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata) (Kaya), Japan, c. 1794/95

Act IX (Kudanme), from the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)
Act IX (Kudanme), from the series " The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)", Japan, c. 1798/99

Tsukioka of the Hyogoya (Hyogoya uchi tsukioka), from the series "Seiro bijin meika
Tsukioka of the Hyogoya (Hyogoya uchi tsukioka), from the series " Seiro bijin meika awase", Japan, c. 1801

Tamaya Shinbei and Mikuni Kojoro, c. 1781/1818. Creator: Rekisentei Eiri
Tamaya Shinbei and Mikuni Kojoro, c. 1781/1818

Kokonoe of the Maruya, from the series Beauties of the Licensed Quarter... c.1798. Creator: Rekisentei Eiri
Kokonoe of the Maruya, from the series Beauties of the Licensed Quarter (Kakuchu bijin kurabe), c. 1798

Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters... Hostess of the Izumiya Teahouse, late 18th-early 19th century
Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): the Hostess of the Izumiya Teahouse, late 18th-early 19th century

Tamatsushima, from the series "Three Fashionable Young Women (Furyu waka no)
Tamatsushima, from the series " Three Fashionable Young Women (Furyu waka no sannin)", Japan, c. 1811/13

A Young Girl Offering Tea to Another Woman, Japan, c. 1797. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
A Young Girl Offering Tea to Another Woman, Japan, c. 1797

Ha... of the Southern Station (Nan eki ha-jirushi), Japan, c. 1795 / 96
Ha... of the Southern Station (Nan eki ha-jirushi), Japan, c. 1795/96

Connoisseurs of Contemporary Manners (Tosei fozoku tsu): The Geisha Style, Japan, n. d
Connoisseurs of Contemporary Manners (Tosei fozoku tsu): The Geisha Style, Japan, n.d

Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo matsu)
Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series " Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo matsu)", early 19th century

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