Tag: Reading

The Courtesans Kasugano of Kadotama-ya and Wakoku of Echizen-ya, from the Six Great Poets and Courtesans series by Chōbunsai Eishi (1789-1801)

The Courtesans Kasugano of Kadotama-ya and Wakoku of Echizen-ya, from the Six Great Poets and Courtesans series by Chōbunsai Eishi (1789-1801)

Picture-books in Winter from A Child’s Garden of Verses by Jessie Willcox Smith (1905)

Picture-books in Winter from A Child’s Garden of Verses by Jessie Willcox Smith (1905)

Two Beauties Reading a Letter Beside a Panel by Suzuki Harunobu (1764-72)

Two Beauties Reading a Letter Beside a Panel by Suzuki Harunobu (1764-72)

Merry Christmas from The Way to Wonderland by Jessie Willcox Smith (1917)

Merry Christmas from The Way to Wonderland by Jessie Willcox Smith (1917)

The Animal Book from A Very Little Child’s Book of Stories by Jessie Willcox Smith (1925)

The Animal Book from A Very Little Child’s Book of Stories by Jessie Willcox Smith (1925)

Plate #1 (They all drew to the fire) from Little Women by Jessie Willcox Smith

Plate #1 (They all drew to the fire) from Little Women by Jessie Willcox Smith

Thirty-Two Daily Scenes: “Looks Cozy” Mannerisms of a Merchant’s Widow from the Kansei Period by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1888)

Thirty-Two Daily Scenes: “Looks Cozy” Mannerisms of a Merchant’s Widow from the Kansei Period by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1888)

First News by Sudō Shigeru (1939)

First News by Sudō Shigeru (1939)

Beauty Reading a Letter by Kawanabe Kyōsai

Beauty Reading a Letter by Kawanabe Kyōsai

A Girl Reading Newspaper by Eisaku Wada (1897)

A Girl Reading Newspaper by Eisaku Wada (1897)

New Year’s Baby 1913 by J. C. Leyendecker (1912)

New Year’s Baby 1913 by J. C. Leyendecker (1912)

Interwoven Advertisement by J. C. Leyendecker (1929)

Interwoven Advertisement by J. C. Leyendecker (1929)

The Courtesan Somenosuke of Matsuba-ya, from the Three Patron Gods of Waka Poetry series by Chōkōsai Eishō (1789-1801)

The Courtesan Somenosuke of Matsuba-ya, from the Three Patron Gods of Waka Poetry series by Chōkōsai Eishō (1789-1801)