Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 425,000+ artworks, 36,000+ artists, and 800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

A Mirror of Yoshiwara Beauties by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

A Mirror of Yoshiwara Beauties

A Mirror of Yoshiwara Beauties

Katsukawa Shunsho

1916

Medium: Woodblock printed book (Japanese-style binding), ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 11 7/8 × 8 3/8 in. (30.1 × 21.3 cm)
Genre: Illustrated Books
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Styles

Tags

Japanese

More by Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1765

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Mitsuogiya Usukumo in the Play Shida Choja-bashira, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1781

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Mitsuogiya Usukumo in the Play Shida Choja-bashira, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

Courtesans of the Echizenya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of the Echizenya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Taira no Tomomori in the Play Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1777

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Taira no Tomomori in the Play Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1772

Duel Scene from the Kabuki Drama, "A Soga Pattern Dyed to Order" (Ōatsurae-zome Soga Hinagata)

Duel Scene from the Kabuki Drama, "A Soga Pattern Dyed to Order" (Ōatsurae-zome Soga Hinagata)

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1774

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo (?) in the Play Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1773 (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo (?) in the Play Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1773 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1768

The Third Segawa Kikunojō as Ochiyo and Bando Mitsugorō as Hanbei

The Third Segawa Kikunojō as Ochiyo and Bando Mitsugorō as Hanbei

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1781

Analogy

Analogy

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1767

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Hanako, the Daughter of Koshiba Kamon, Disguised as a Yotaka (Low-class Prostitute), in the Play Kotobuki Banzei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1783

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Hanako, the Daughter of Koshiba Kamon, Disguised as a Yotaka (Low-class Prostitute), in the Play Kotobuki Banzei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1783

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1778

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in His Dressing Room

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in His Dressing Room

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1778

Sumo Wrestlers of the Eastern Group: Kurateyama Yadayû and Izumigawa Rin’emon

Sumo Wrestlers of the Eastern Group: Kurateyama Yadayû and Izumigawa Rin’emon

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1775

Courtesans of the Yamashiroya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of the Yamashiroya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776