Astonishingly high-level techniques are fully applied in this O-kubi-e print, depicting the most popular courtesan, Wakamurasaki, of the Matsuba-ya house.

The red undergarment, visible through the sleeves, features a delicate cloth pattern called 'nunome-zuri,' created by placing real cloth on the carved woodblock, place the paper and print (in this particular case, the same effect may have been created by carving the pattern onto a woodblock). The plum flower pattern on her kimono and the red floral pattern on the kimono collar are both gorgeous and very attractive.

For the edges of her hair, an exceptionally skilled ke-wari technique (a technique in which fine strands of hair are carefully drawn then carved one-by-one to create a realistic image) is used, showing the extreme skill of the craftsmen - the carver and the printer. We can even see the transparency of the tortoiseshell hair decoration on the top of her hair!