On the Laws of Japanese Painting

Torii Kyonobu painted women and actors and invented the kind of pictured theatrical powers which are still in fashion, placarded at the entrance to theaters and showing striking incidents in the play

Nishikawa Sukenobu belonged to the Kano school and was a pupil of Kano Eiko. He adopted the Ukiyo e style and depicted the pastimes of women and the portraits of actors

Utamaro's women of the Yoshiwara are certainly careful studies in graceful line drawing

Suzuki Harunobu never painted actors, preferring to reproduce the feminine beauties of his time.