Double-sided wooden printing block: one side showing a Kuniyoshi image, the reverse showing Sawamura Tanosuke from the series Mitate rokkasen

Koban (small-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) technique

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, copper ribbons, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard

Carved bamboo

Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement

Light gray-green, partly discolored nephrite

Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "hikibori" (pull-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard

Oil paint, gold-colored pigments, platy hematite particles, and lacquer on pasteboard