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)

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

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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

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

Thread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

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

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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

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

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink, color and metal filings on paper