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.

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.