Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami (Mirror of Yoshiwara beauties)

This illustrated book depicts courtesans of Yoshiwara, created by the mid-Edo ukiyo-e artists KITAO Shigemasa and KATSUKAWA Shunsho. It is also known as one of the early publications associated with TSUTAYA Juzaburo. Published in 1776 (An'ei 5). For more on the publications produced by TSUTAYA Juzaburo, please refer to the NDL Gallery exhibition, Jidai no fuunji TSUTAYA Juzaburo (TSUTAYA Juzaburo: a trailblazer of his time) (Japanese only).