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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in ōban format; ink, colors, and embossing on paper; with artist’s printed signature reading "Koryūsai ga"; with publisher’s printed seal reading "Eijudō"

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

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print: ink and color on paper