Colour woodblock print, depicting the courtesan Hana-ogi of Ogiya with a companion, with a poem by Yodono Sogyu: by Chōkōsai Eishō, Japan, c. 1800

Colour woodblock print of a courtesan composing a love letter while another stands by, with a fan-shaped inset showing a view of Shinowara, from the series 'Kariya hakkei': by Kitagawa Utamaro, Japan, c. 1790 - 1800

Colour woodblock print, depicting the courtesan Misayama of Chōjiya with a companion tuning her samisen, with a poem by San'yodo: by Chōkōsai Eishō, Japan, c. 1800

Colour woodblock print, depicting the poet Abe no Nakamaro in exile in China, gazing at the moon, from the series Seika shashinkyo (A Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poets): Japan, by Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830

Colour woodblock print, vertical double oban, full-length portrait of a courtesan wearing a black coat with white flowers with a red under-robe, by Katsukawa Shunsen: Japan, 1806 - 1819

Colour woodblock print, bust portrait of a courtesan inserting a hairpin: Japan, by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1780 - 1806

Colour woodblock print, depicting three female musicians performing on stage: Japan, by Utagawa Toyokuni, 1810-1825

Colour woodblock print, depicting the kabuki actor Bando Takesaburo I as Chadoguya Tsurukichi, in the play Kasumi iro tsurete hitomure, performed at the Kawarasaki-za as a curtain-raiser to the main play, Shiranui monogatari: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, 1853

Sheet from a colour woodblock print triptych, depicting the kabuki actor Nakamura Fukusuke as Otokodate Togane Moemon in the play Momo chidori nigiwai Soga, performed at the Morita-za: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, 1860

Sheet from a colour woodblock print triptych, depicting the kabuki actor Sawamura Tossho I as Tamaya no Yoji: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, c. 1835

Sheet from a colour woodblock print triptych, depicting a kabuki actor as Itsutsuya Gorobei (and inset, Bando Takesaburo I as Itsutsuya Denbei) in the play Kuruwa no shiranami, performed at the Kawarasaki-za: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, 1854

Sheet from a colour woodblock print triptych, depicting the kabuki actor Bando Hikosaburo IV performing in a play: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, c. 1835

Printing block of assembled pieces of boxwood, with keyblock print for design of plants and a bird: Japan, 19th century

Colour woodblock print of a ricefield: Japan, by Tsukioka Kogyo, 1895-1905

Colour woodblock print of a cat on a branch: Japan, by Tsukioka Kogyo, 1895-1905

Colour woodblock print of a pagoda and a rainbow: Japan, by Ogata Gekko, 1895-1905