The courtesans Azumaya and Kokonoe of the Matsukane 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)

Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

Woodblock-printed book (volume 1 of 8 volumes); ink and color on paper

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

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

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

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

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

Center panel from an "ōban" pentaptych: Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

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

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

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

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