The courtesans Segawa and Matsundo of the Matsuba 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 "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper

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

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

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

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

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Torii Kiyohiro hitsu"

Ukiyo-e woodblock print ("mizu-e") in "hosoban" format; ink and light colors on paper, with printed signature reading "Suzuki Harunobu ga"

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

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in large "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

Woodblock-printed book (volume 4 of 8 volumes); ink and color on paper