Image studies are opening up to incorporate the question of space into their reflections, contributing to questions from various disciplines about the relationship between both dimensions. Specifically, I focus on the implications of space for image studies, seeking to contribute a critical look at the role that this notion has in understanding the images that populate the imaginary of the domestic and those who are usually associated with this place: women. Based on the work of Henri Lefebvre, Mona Chollet and Michelle Perrot, we discuss how to understand the relationship between space and the domestic, which is then analyzed from a set of Japanese images from the 18th century that contain representations of a traditional house and a brothel in Japan during the Edo period.