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)

Woodblock-printed book; ink and hand-applied color on paper

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

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

Second panel from an "ōban" pentaptych: Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

Ukiyo-e woodblock printed illustration from "ōbon"-format book; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color, and metallic pigments 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

Thread-bound, folded books (four); ink on paper

Thread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper