Preface by Ota Nampo ('Yomo Sanjin" or Yomo no Akara) from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Detached page from woodblock-printed book; ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink on paper

Folded, woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Thread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink 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

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

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

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

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; Ink and color on paper