The Courtesans Mitsuura and Takamura, a plate from "Azuma no nishiki matsu no kurai", 1777

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper with later hand-applied color

Detached illustration from a large accordion-fold printed book; ink, color and gauffrage on paper with printed signature reading "Kitao Rissai Masanobu" and seal reading "Soseki"

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper

Thread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Woodblock-printed book; ink and hand-applied color on paper

Third of three thread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock-printed books; ink on paper

Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Toyokuni ga"

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Yamato eshi Okumura Masanobu zu"

Thread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper