The courtesans Segawa and Matsundo of the Matsuba 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

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

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

Thread-bound books (three); ink on paper

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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

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

Thread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

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

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

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink, color, metal filings, and embossing on paper, with printed signature reading "Okumura Toshinobu hitsu"

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