Beautiful Women, or bijin-ga, are one of the most popular genres for ukiyo-e artists since the 18th century.
Isoda Koryusai: The Courtesan Tamazusa of Uchida-ya and her Kamuro (Vever Collection)
Utamaro 歌麿: Beauties Engaged in Silkworm Cultivation: Stage number Seven
Kuniyoshi 国芳: Courtesans Boarding a Pleasure Boat in Springtime on the Sumida River
Kunisada 国貞: Beauty with Fan and girl holding a ring of lantern plants (hozoki) 操珠数ハ世捨人の手引ぐさ
Utamaro 歌麿: Courtesan writing letter and companion; Hour of the Dog 戌の刻
Ito Shinsui 深水: After the Rain; Women by Moonlight
Kuniyoshi 国芳: Benevolent Beauty Releasing Captive Turtles
Kuniyoshi 国芳: Beauty and Falling Leaves; Clearing Weather at Mama
Kuniyoshi 国芳: The beauty Koga no Tsubone and koto beneath full moon
Chikanobu: Fukujuso; Women Buying Adonis Plant at a Night Market
Kunisada: Tenjin Shrine: Tea Stall Waitress
Kunichika: Portrait of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken
