The courtesans Koi Murasaki and Hana Murasaki of the Kado Tama 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 "chūban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Harunobu ga" (at edge of screen)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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

Thread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Woodblock print (ukiyo-e, surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper

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

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

Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro ga"

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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