Actor Yamashita Kinsaku as Asama, from the series Beauties of the Three Cities, Edo, Osaka, and Kyoto

Woodblock print; ink, hand-applied color, and metallic pigment on paper

Woodblock-printed book; ink and on paper

Woodblock-printed book; ink and hand-applied color on paper

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

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, color and mica on paper, with printed signature reading "Tōshūsai Sharaku ga"

Detached Preface from a large accordion-fold printed book; ink on paper

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

Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, and metallic filings on paper