Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print. Print is of Issun Tokubei, heroes of a Kabuki drama. The larger figure has crossed eyes, a bald centre with black side hair and a protruding belly. The smaller figure also has a bald centre with black side hair. He wears a pink striped robe and clutches a sword. The background is black with a book motif and a line of Japanese script in the upper left corner.

Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print. Print is of the actor Korai-ya from the series “Actors on Stage”. He has pink eye make-up, black hair standing out from his head and a mean expression. He wears a brown striped robe with red floral borders. In one hand he holds out a circular object covered with an orange cloth, in the other hand he holds a sword. The upper background is black, lower is gray and lines of Japanese script are scattered.

Rectangular, multicoloured print of a woman with her hair pinned up and wearing a black patterned kimono, red patterned obi and a red undergarment. She stands looking over her shoulder. The background is gray with lines of Japanese script in the upper right corner.

Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print, of a woman from the geisha house Matsuba-Ya. The woman has her hair pinned up and wears a green robe with red floral borders. She holds a pair of shears in one hand, and a large cherry blossom in the other. The background is gray with lines of Japanese script and a cherry blossom in the upper right corner.

Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print. Print is of Hana-ogi (her name) of the Ogi-ya geisha house, from the series “Beauty Contest of Women at Yoshiwara”. The head portrait of the woman shows her hair pinned up and wearing a red-brown kimono. The background is dark gray with lines of Japanese script along the left edge.

Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print. Print is of Itsutomi (her name) from the series “Selected Beauties from Women at Yoshiwara”. The woman’s hair is pinned up and she wears a yellowish green kimono with a red obi. She holds a fan in one hand and looks over her shoulder. At her feet lays a long shamisen (a 3-string lute). The background is natural with lines of Japanese script along the right and left edges.

Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print. Print is of Chidori Tamagawa from the series Mu-tama-gawa” (six rivers of the same name Tama-gawa). In the foreground are three women all dressed in gray, standing upon a hill and blown by the wind. The centre woman carries two pails tied to the ends of a pole across her shoulder. In the background are buildings with thatched roofs, trees and birds with a river in the distance.

Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print. Print is of a woman (O-hisa, of the tea shop) with her hair pinned up, wearing a white patterned kimono with red borders and a green obi. She is holding a pen in one hand and looking over one shoulder. The background is yellow with lines of Japanese script along the right edge.

Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print. Print is of a beauty by the wind bell. She is wearing a pink and white patterned robe, holding a yellow pail and looking over one shoulder towards a window. The window sill is yellow with a wind bell or chime at the top and small plant at the bottom.

Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print. Print is of O-hisa (her name) of the Takashima-ya tea shop. She is wearing a black patterned kimono with a tan obi and holding a pink fan with cream motifs. The background is soft gray with a line of Japanese script along the right edge.