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)

Thread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and colors on paper, with printed signature reading "Koryū ga"

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

Thread-bound book; ink and light color on paper

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

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

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

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "nagaban" format; Ink and color on paper

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print (beni-e); ink, color and metal filings on paper

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

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