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Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase)"
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s
Good and Evil Influences (Zendama akudama)
Rain the Morning After in the Pleasure Quarter (Seiro kinuginu no ame)
Catching Fireflies
Eshōsai Chōki Japanese, active c.1780–1810
Osumi, a Tayu of the Tsuchiya in the Shinmachi Quarter in Osaka
The Entertainer Tamino and the Serving Girl Nui of the Sumiyoshiya
Kan, a waitress of the Izutsuya, and the geisha Fuseya of the Ogiya
The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya and Her Attendants
The Front Room of the Naniwaya (Naniwaya misesaki)
Moon viewing
The Cock Fight - Ohisa of the Takashimaya and Okita of the Naniwaya
Moto, a Waitress of the Yoshidaya, and the Geisha Mizue
Sakurahime and Kiyoharu (Sakurahime Kiyoharu)