Surimono prints were privately commissioned for special occasions, such as New Year, and were produced in smaller numbers for a mostly educated audience. In most cases, they were commissioned by poetry societies to illustrate the winning poem in a poetry contest judged by the master of the society. Kabuki actors also commissioned surimono prints to commemorate important events in their careers, such as changes of name and stage debuts of their sons. They were most popular from the 1790s to the 1830s. More at Wikipedia.
Shikishiban format
Nagaban format
Miscellaneous formats
Format: Shikishiban
正月の遊女と禿
Date: 1820
MFA
Date: ~1820
AIC
(Hinazuru no mai)
雛鶴の舞
Date: 1821 (Bunsei 4)
MFA
Poetry by Fūgetsuan Yūshun and Wainandō
Date: Probably 1821
Fitzwilliam
Format: Nagaban
Date: 1825-35
The upper portion of the print, that would have
contained poetry, is missing.
AIC
Format: Miscellaneous
Date: 1848
20.9 x 25.8 cm
MIA
(Tsukiji umibe no zu)
築地海辺之図
Date:~1830
Diptych
Privately produced for an Edo kyoka club
BM
Date: 1844
13.3 × 18.3 cm
AIC
Date: 1820
Image: 21 × 16.2 cm
Framed: 42.5 × 36.2 cm
MET
八重桜
Ebangire; 20 x 56 cm
MFA,
CHZ
桜
Attributed to Hiroshige
Ebangire; 16.8 x 47.6 cm
MFA
月下の曳き舟
Ebangire; 17.7 x 46.8 cm
MFA
松、富士山
18 x 32.8 cm
MFA