Beautiful Women, or bijin-ga, are one of the most popular genres for ukiyo-e artists since the 18th century.
Yoshitoshi 芳年: “Looking Warm: the appearance of an urban widow of the Kansei Era” (1789-1801)
Hokuba: Brush Drawing of Beauty Delighted by her Cat
Kunisada: Young Woman Holding Book and Looking Down at Her Cat
Kunisada: Reading Bookstore Beauty and Stretching Cat
Kunisada II: Cat Carrying Love Letter for the Third Princess in the Tale of Genji
Kuniyoshi 国芳: Beauty With Enthusiastically Clambering Cat (Oo, itai おお,いたい)
Kuniyoshi: Beauty and Cat Stretching and the Taoist Immortal Bukan (Published)