Preface by Ota Nampo ('Yomo Sanjin" or Yomo no Akara) from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Ink on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink on paper

Folded, woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

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

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"

Left half of an ukiyo-e woodblock printed "hosoban" diptych ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shun'ei ga"

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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

1st of 3 thread-bound books; ink on paper

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