Recycling Paper/The Fulling Block Shell (Kinutagai), from the series "Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets" (Genroku kasen kai-awase)

Woodblock print (ukiyo-e, surimono); ink and color on paper

Woodblock-printed book; ink and light color on paper

Woodblock-printed, thread-bound volume (first of a set of three); ink and colors on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

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

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and colors on paper

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; Ink and color on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

Center panel from a woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink, color, gauffrage, and metallic pigment on paper