Courtier Visiting Lover with text beginning "He hid by the brushwood fence and looked in expectantly..." (Machikaki shibagaki no moto ni tachikakurete mitareba...), from the series The Changelings (Torikaeba monogatari), with poem by Warakuen Harumitsu

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

Yokohama woodblock print in ōban format; ink and color on paper

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in fan-shaped (uchiwa-e) format; ink and color on paper

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

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper; with printed signature reading: "zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu"

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "kokonotsugiri-ban" format; ink, color, metallic pigment and embossing on paper

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

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

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

Center sheet from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed ōban triptych; ink and color on paper