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

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hashira-e" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Ishikawa Toyonobu zu"

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print: ink and color on paper

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, third sheet from right of a heptaptych

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

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Ink on paper

Ink and color on paper

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