Young Man Watching Woman Writing, detatched frontispiece from the Cuckoo's Verse Picturebook (Ehon haikai yabukodori)

Woodblock-printed book (volume 1 of 8 volumes); ink and color on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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

Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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

Fourth two-page spread of an accordion-fold woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

First two-page spread of an accordion-fold woodblock printed book; ink on paper

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink, color, metal filings, and embossing on paper, with printed signature reading "Okumura Toshinobu hitsu"

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, color and mica on paper, with printed signature reading "Tōshūsai Sharaku ga"

Thread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper