COURTESAN WAKOKU AS OTOMONO KURONOSHI AND COURTESAN KASUAGANO AS ARIWARA NO NARIHIRA, FROM A SERIES REPRESENTING THE SIX IMMORTAL POETS

Ukiyo-e woodblock printed "surimono"; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

Woodblock print; ink, color and mica on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

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

Third sheet from right from a woodblock-printed "ōban" heptaptych; ink and color on paper

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

Ink on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "yotsugiri-ban" format; ink, color and embossing 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

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