No. 1: Liu Bei (Sono ichi: Ryubi), from the series "Three Heroes of Shu (Shoku sanketsu)" by Yashima Gakutei https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9011636/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Tada Kurodo Yukitsuna and Bando Shuka as the ghost of Naruto no Mae by Utagawa Kuniyoshi https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8954574/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseCourtesans of the Asahimaruya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8954388/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe actor Ichikawa Ebizo IV as Takemura Sadanoshin by Tōshūsai Sharaku https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8945171/the-actor-ichikawa-ebizo-takemura-sadanoshin-toshusai-sharakuFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Nakamura Shichisaburo III (right), and Ichikawa Junzo I (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9020692/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseForeign Goods in Osaka (Osaka hikita karamono), from the series "Three Cities (Santo no uchi)" by Totoya Hokkei https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8953937/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Soga Shrine, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)" by Utagawa Hiroshige https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9045985/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseConnoisseurs of Contemporary Manners (Tosei fozoku tsu): The Geisha Style by Kitagawa Utamaro https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8945132/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseVisiting (Kayoi), from the series "Floating World Versions of the Seven Komachi (Ukiyo Nana Komachi)" by Torii Kiyonaga https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8944659/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Ninth Month, from the series "Five Amorous Festivals of Love (Aibore iro no gosekku)" by Kitagawa Utamaro https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9053993/image-cartoon-flower-plantFree Image from public domain licenseMisayama of the Chojiya, from the series Beauties of the Licensed Quarter (Kakuchu bijin kurabe) by Chokosai Eisho https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8944560/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseAct Four: Enya Hangan's Castle from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers) by Katsukawa Shun'ei https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9039681/image-cartoon-flower-plantFree Image from public domain licenseKewaizaka no Shosho cutting her hair to become a nun, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8952622/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseOsome and Hisamatsu, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)" by Ichirakutei Eisui https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9019489/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Courtesan Matsukaze of Ogiya in Edo-machi Itchome (Edo-machi Itchome, Ogiya uchi Matsukaze) by Komai Yoshinobu https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8953138/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseBunya no Yasuhide, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)" by Kikukawa… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8951095/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Nine Old Men of Mount Xiang (Kozan kyuro), from the series "A Set of Ten Famous Numbers for the Katsushika Circle… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8954637/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseUsugumo, from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)" by Yashima… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8956224/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseActors Segawa Kikunojô II as Reizei, Ichikawa Komazô I as Suruga no Hachirô, and Ichikawa Yaozô II as Tada no Kurando in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8944523/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III, from the series "Reminiscences of Elegant Actors (Fuga wazaogi shinobu)" by Tsukioka… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8952096/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Eighth Month (Hachigatsu), from the series "Popular Customs of the Twelve Months (Fuzoku juni ko)" by Katsukawa Shunchô https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8948804/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseBeauty representing spring, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons by Utagawa Kuniyasu https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8957238/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe actors Sawamura Yodogoro II (R) as Kawatsura Hogen and Bando Zenji (L) as Onisadobo by Tōshūsai Sharaku https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8944940/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseFidelity (Shin), from the series Five Cardinal Virtues by Suzuki Harunobu https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8945447/fidelity-shin-from-the-series-five-cardinal-virtues-suzuki-harunobuFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Sawamura Sojuro III (right), in His Dressing Room in Conversation with the Actor Segawa Kikunojo III (left) by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9039967/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseHanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase)" by Eishosai Choki https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8944668/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain license"So": A Coquettish Woman, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)" by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9020335/image-cartoon-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Taira no Tomomori in the Play Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9011329/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseKisegawa of the Matsubaya, [whose attendants are] Sasano, Takeno (Matsubaya uchi Kisegawa, Sasano, Takeno), from the series… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9054282/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Oiso no Tora, Azuma Tozo III as Miura Katagai, and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9054825/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya (Tsuruya uchi Arihara, Aoe, Sekiya), from an… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8944393/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Thunder God, an Incarnation of Kan Shojo, in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8950440/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseKiyomizu, from the series "Seven Komachi (Nana Komachi)" by Chôbunsai Eishi https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8949116/kiyomizu-from-the-series-seven-komachi-nana-komachi-chobunsai-eishiFree Image from public domain licenseMatsushima: Shunzei, No. 1 from "Three Famous Scenes (Sankei no uchi: Sono ichi)" by Totoya Hokkei https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8954336/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Taira no Masakado Disguised as Otomo no Kuronushi (?) or Sugawara Micihizane (?) in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8950648/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseAct Nine: Yuranosuke's House in Yamashina from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers) by Katsukawa Shunsho https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9019867/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseHakoomaru (Soga no Goro) leaving the temple, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8955652/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseKan, a waitress of the Izutsuya, and the geisha Fuseya of the Ogiya by Eishosai Choki https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8952465/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsukaze (right), Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8950102/image-cartoon-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseIyo Province: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Minamoto no Yoshitune, from the series "Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8955115/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as Prince Korehito in the guise of the maid Wakakusa of the Otomo family by Tōshūsai Sharaku https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8953269/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseKoharu and Jihei, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)" by Kitagawa Utamaro https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9020857/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the thunder god, an incarnation of Kan Shojo, in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami,"… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8955762/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III as Onayo by Tōshūsai Sharaku https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9052230/the-actor-sanogawa-ichimatsu-iii-onayo-toshusai-sharakuFree Image from public domain licenseCourtesans of the Shin Kanaya, from the series "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8945962/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseHyoshitou, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kôgyo https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9011647/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Hayakawa Shinkatsu as a Woman Standing under Cherry Tree by Shôju https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8952727/the-actor-hayakawa-shinkatsu-woman-standing-under-cherry-tree-shojuFree Image from public domain licenseHotei, from the series "Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi-fukujin)" by Suzuki Harunobu https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8957753/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA parody of courtesans on display at the Ogiya (Ogiya mise yatsushi) by Chokosai Eisho https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8949363/image-cartoon-person-birdFree Image from public domain licenseA Woman with a Poem Card, from the series "A Set of Seven for the Katsushika Club" by Yashima Gakutei https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9019498/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Eighth Month (Sogetsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu juni tsuki)" by Isoda Koryusai https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8957491/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Nakamura Takesaburo as Shikishi Naishinno and Tsuruya Nanboku as Gengoro in the play "Tategami Teika Kazura,"… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9042746/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro in the Joruri "Gonin Otoko" (Five Chivalrous Commoners), Played as One… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9011401/image-cartoon-frame-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as the Boathouse Man Kurofune Chuemon in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8949465/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseNo. 37, from the series "That Purple Image in Magic Lantern Shows (Sono sugata yukari no utsushie)" by Utagawa Kunisada I… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8956978/image-cartoon-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseUshiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) defeats Benkei in a game of sugoroku by Totoya Hokkei https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8949408/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseChizuka no Fumi no Bosetsu (The Evening Snow of a Thousand Bundles of Love-Letters), the Lovers Ohatsu and Tokubei, from the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8944776/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseGood and Evil Influences (Zendama akudama) by Eishosai Choki https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8946380/good-and-evil-influences-zendama-akudama-eishosai-chokiFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Takenuki Goro in the Play Eho Soga Nen-nen-goyomi, Performed at the Morita Theater in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8950305/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseAma no Uzume, No. 3 (Sono san) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)" by Totoya Hokkei https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8951306/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu (Sandai-me Sawamura Sojuro no Nagoya Sanza Motoharu) by Tōshūsai… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9019652/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsukaze (right), Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8948999/image-cartoon-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseRussian's Love for a Lady (Oroshiyajin fujin wo aisu) by Utagawa Yoshitoyo https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8956933/russians-love-for-lady-oroshiyajin-fujin-aisu-utagawa-yoshitoyoFree Image from public domain licenseArtist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints, a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8944660/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseA Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase): Misayama of the Chojiya in Night Dress (Tokogi no zu -… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9019521/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseU no Matsuri, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kôgyo https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9012028/image-cartoon-person-birdFree Image from public domain licenseCarrying a lantern sponsored by the Kojimachi, from the series "The Festival of the Sanno Shrine (Sanno gosairei)" by Torii… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8945534/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe actor Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Shinobu in the guise of the courtesan Kewaizaka no Shosho by Tōshūsai Sharaku https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8948716/image-person-pattern-artFree Image from public domain licenseFour courtesans of various houses, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8953914/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Loyal Ronin by Katsukawa Shunsho https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8951528/the-actor-ichikawa-danjuro-loyal-ronin-katsukawa-shunshoFree Image from public domain licenseKogo no Tsubone, from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)" by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9030924/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Saito Sanemori in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9019530/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseKumagai Naozane and Taira no Atsumori at the battle of Ichi-no-tani by Kondo Kiyoharu https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9020539/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseCourtesans of Kiriya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami),"… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8957647/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ogata no Sabura (?) in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8948950/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Ashikaga Takauji in the Play Kumoi no Hana Yoshino no Wakamusha, Performed at the Nakamura… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9020389/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseKan, a waitress of the Izutsuya, and the geisha Fuseya of the Ogiya by Eishosai Choki https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9019835/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA Woman Holding a Letter Box, from the series "A Set of Seven for the Katsushika Club" by Yashima Gakutei https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9020448/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseThe actor Otani Tokuji I as manservant Sodesuke by Tōshūsai Sharaku https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9039095/the-actor-otani-tokuji-manservant-sodesuke-toshusai-sharakuFree Image from public domain licenseA Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters (Mitate Yuranosuke yukyo) by Chôbunsai Eishi https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8946589/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseKameyama, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8955847/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseA Selection of Six Flowers - A Parody Rokkasen (Yatsushi rokkasen): Bishop Henjo by Chôbunsai Eishi https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8945123/image-cartoon-flowers-personFree Image from public domain licenseCourtesans of Shin Kanaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9011632/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseThe Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Retired Emperor Sutoku in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9010988/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseHotoke Gozen Dancing before Taira no Kiyomori by Suzuki Harunobu https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8947063/hotoke-gozen-dancing-before-taira-kiyomori-suzuki-harunobuFree Image from public domain licenseBando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no Mae (center), and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9011239/image-cartoon-person-patternFree Image from public domain licenseCourtesans of Maruebiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8951416/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain license