Cat and Toy Butterfly, from the series A Series of Thirty-Six Creatures (Sanjūrokkin tsuzuki)

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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

Center sheet from a Yokohama woodblock-printed ōban triptych; ink and color on paper

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

Hand-colored Buddhist woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Right sheet from a woodblock-printed ōban triptych; ink and color on paper

Yokohama woodblock print in ōban format; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print (naga surimono); ink and color on paper

Woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink, color, gauffrage, and metallic pigment on paper

Left sheet of a ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" diptych; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "koban"-format triptych; ink, color and embossing on paper