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The seventeenth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; 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"

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Lost-wax cast copper alloy; from Tamil Nadu, South India

Etching, drypoint and soft-ground on off white modern laid paper

Stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze

Lacquer on wood with Kōdaiji-style decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques; [modern] silver fittings

Engraving on cream antique laid paper

Engraving, printed à la poupée in red and black ink, on antique laid paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

Ferruginous Limestone

Charcoal, graphite wash and graphite with polyester resin moulded hand, string, paintbrush and wooden ruler on off-white wove paper

Chromogenic print

Watercolor, gouache and touches of black colored pencil on cream wove paper

Opaque watercolor on paper

Silver

Gelatin silver print