Actor Shogatsuya (Sakata Hongoro 2nd) as Mizuemon with Snake, from the series "Yakusha Butai no Sugata-e"

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

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

Accordion-fold books (four); ink on paper

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Yamatogakō Okumura Toshinobu hitsu"

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

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "naga-surimono" format (with text trimmed); ink, colors and embossing on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "nagaban" format; Ink and color on paper

Right half of an ukiyo-e woodblock printed "hosoban" diptych ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shun'ei ga"

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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

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