Edo period in Japan lasted from 1603 to 1867/1868. During this time the country was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate.

Other notable works include Kitagawa Utamaro’s “Kaya no Tanoshimi” (Pleasure on a summer night) and “Kaika no Higi" (Sexual conduct downstairs). The large hand-drawn paintings were later ...

woodblock print, from the series Elegant Comparisons of Precious Children (Furyu kodakara awase), signed Utamaro hitsu (Brush of Utamaro), published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), circa 1802 ...

The top 3 female celebrities in Edo: Tomimoto Toyohina, Takashima Ohisa and Naniwaya Kita. See how Utamaro, the master of female beauty has illustrated them so differently.