An Oiran Standing, a Pipe in Her right Hand, and Turning to Look Behind over Her Shoulder, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1705, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 21 7/8 x 12 3/4 in. (55. 6 x 32. 4 cm), Prints, Torii Kiyomasu I (Japanese, active 1696?1716), The first ukiyo-e prints were conceived as paraphrases of ink drawings. The woodblock cutter gave exaggerated attention to duplicating the irregularities of the brush stroke, for instance, the variations in thickness of the calligraphic curves and the feathery quality at the point where the brush left the paper