The courtesans Koi Murasaki and Hana Murasaki of the Kado Tama House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, color, metallic pigment and embossing on paper, with printed signature reading "Yanagawa Shigenobu"

Detached illustration from a large accordion-fold printed book; ink, color and gauffrage on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Ippitsusai Bunchō ga"

Thread-bound books (three); ink, color and silver on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hashira-e" format; ink on paper, with printed signature reading "Shunshō ga"

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; Ink and light color on paper

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