Shun the Great (Dai Shun), from the series The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Morokoshi nijūshi kō)

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Right panel from a woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color, mica, metallic pigment and embossing on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakutei"

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

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi-ban" format; ink, color, metallic pigment and embossing on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "kokonotsugiri-ban" format; ink, color, metallic pigment and embossing on paper

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

Ink on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

Woodblock-printed book; ink and light color on paper