The courtesans Hinazuru and Chōzan of the Chōji 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

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

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

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

Left panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Toyokuni ga"

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper with later hand-applied color

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

Half of an ukiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; ink and color on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Harunobu ga" (at edge of screen)

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