Works shown in the exhibition “The Floating World: Japan's World of transient pleasures”

Kaigetsudô ANCHI Standing beauty (18th century) 595.1993
Ônishi CHINNEN (Samurai and attendant) (19th century) 245.1980
Miyagawa CHÔSHUN Standing figure of an actor (1713) 583.1987
Chôtensai EIJU Presentation (mitate) of the story of the courtesan ... (late 1790s) DO3.1961
Ikeda EISEN (Woman reading) (circa 1818-1848) 8665
Ikeda EISEN (Woman in blue kimono) (19th century) 592.1993
Hosoda EISHI The fifth month (circa 1815-1842) DO2.1961
Hosoda EISHI The chapter 'Hana-no-en' from the 'Tale of Genji' (circa 1815-1842) 4354
Hosoda EISHÔ (Sitting woman) (1789-1801) 8668
Kikukawa EIZAN (Woman holding a lamp) (19th century) 594.1993
Kikukawa EIZAN The hour of the Ox (1812) DO31.1961
Kikukawa EIZAN Parrot Komachi (circa 1815-1842) 4357
Andô/Utagawa HIROSHIGE
Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III Ancient Suzuka barrier station (1855) 176.1988
Andô/Utagawa HIROSHIGE Daybreak at licensed quarters (1857) DO15.1961
Suzuki/Utagawa HIROSHIGE II
Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III Fair on the day of Rooster (1864) 175.1988
Suzuki/Utagawa HIROSHIGE II Sumida River of the eastern capital (1861) 316.2003.a-c
Hokusai pupils The Six Immortal Poets (circa 1830) 204.1983
Torii KIYONAGA (Girls carrying water for salt-making) (1780s) 8666
Isoda KORYÛSAI Kisakata of Ôhishi-ya (1777-1782) 4353
Isoda KORYÛSAI Eight sites of Yoshiwara: evening glow 317.2003
Toyohara KUNICHIKA Crossing the Sumida river at night (1855) 9734.a-c.
Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III Mannen Bridge (1854) 8358
Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III Kaomachi of Tama-ya (circa 1830) 4358
Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III Lady Kesa, wife of Watanabe Wataru (1844-1847) 4359
Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III Tôkaidô between Yoshiwara and Kambara: Iwabuchi: Woman Daruma (1852) 211.1995
Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III Mitate Fugen (1854) 209.1995
Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III Variety of darkness: evening darkness (1854) 210.1995
Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III Seven clean copies of alphabet: ri (1856) 208.1995
Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III [Kabuki actor in the role of courtesan Komurasaki ... (1855) 325.2003
Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III
Utagawa KUNIHISA Genji enjoying the evening cool (1861) 327.2003.a-c
Utagawa KUNIYOSHI Three onnagata (female role actors) (1847-1852) 596.1993
Utagawa KUNIYOSHI Suhara - Narihira and Empress Nijo (1852) 212.1995
Watanabe NANGAKU (Portraits of six poetesses) (18th century-19th century) 121.1980
Osaka School (A courtesan and a samurai) (19th century) 240.1994
RYÔKO Song of farewell for a departing couple (1862) DO20.1968
Katsukawa SHUNCHÔ Contemporary customs of the eastern region: Common people (18th century) 4355
Katsukawa SHUN'EI Portrait of a beautiful woman (Bijin) (1790s) 339.1985 | Collection highlight
Katsukawa SHUNKÔ Onnagata Nakamura Noshio dancing in the role of ... (circa 1794) 4351
Kubo SHUNMAN Courtesan standing beneath a tree (circa 1800) 39.1980
Nishikawa SUKENOBU (Girl with koto) (post 1716) 4349
TERAOKA Masami 31 Flavours Invading Japan/French Vanilla IV (1979) 343.1989
Torii School (Daruma, samurai and courtesan) (early 18th century) 176.1982
Utagawa TOYOHARU Portrait of a standing courtesan (1780s) 104.1990
Utagawa TOYOKUNI II Woman with cherry blossoms (early 1830s) DO30.1961
TSURUYA Kôkei Nakamura Tokizō V as Kagaribi, wife of Takatsuna, ... (1986) 353.1987
TSURUYA Kôkei Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII as the ghost of both ... (1982) 82.1984
Unknown Merrymaking in the Yoshiwara (mid 17th century) 41.1986
Unknown Kabuki broadsheet for a "Kaomise" session (circa 1856-1864) 226.1992
Utagawa school (Courtesan parading) (early 19th century) 340.2001
Kitagawa UTAMARO The coquettish woman (1802) 4368
Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI Looking smoky - appearances of the housewife of ... (19 May 1888) 368.1991