Two Women with Spectroscope Viewing Koya no Tama, from the series Six Tama River

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

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink, color and metal filings on paper

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

Thread-bound, printed book; ink on paper

Thread-bound, printed book; ink on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; ink, color and gauffrage ("blind" printing) on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink, color and metal filings (gold?) on paper

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

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, second sheet from right of a heptaptych

Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper