Rectangular textile with black diamond pattern. There are two selvage edges and two cut edges.

Rectangular black textile with white diamond pattern. There are two selvage edges and two cut edges.

Dark blue, rectangular open-weave textile with designs. The designs are different square motifs and a swirl motif in white. There are two selvage edges and two cut edges.

Small rectangular textile with checkered design. The checkered design has alternating rows of black-gray and dark blue-light blue squares. There are two selvage edges and two cut edges.

Square piece of natural coloured fabric with an applied green circle containing a leaf motif. One edge is selvage, the other three are cut.

Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print. Print is of a girl playing Ken (a game played with hand symbols). Her hair is pinned up with gold pins and pink ribbons. She is dressed in a pink kimono with a black patterned obi. Upon the floor in front of her are two bowls on a black tray. The background is white.

Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print. Print (c. 1802?) shows a woman dressed in a dark blue kimono with light blue borders, a dark blue obi and geta shoes. In the background are large flowering plants, also in shades of blue. In the upper left corner is a blue bat motif with white Japanese script.

Rectangular, multicoloured woodcut print. Print is from the series "Seven Fashionable Figures of Ono no Komachi”. In the print the courtesan Kayoi Komachi going to visit her lover, being seen off by her maid. Komachi is wearing a blue-green kimono with a black obi. The maid is holding a paper lantern. The background is gray and white with lines of Japanese script along the right edge.

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.