Illustrated Proverbs, The Illustrated Lives of Women (Ehon Mitsuwagusa 絵本三津輪草) : [final volume]
Ehon Mitsuwagusa is a Japanese woodblock picture book in its final volume, made by Nishikawa Sukenobu and published in Kyoto, Edo and Osaka in 1758 for a general readership of townspeople. Its double-page spreads show women in domestic interiors, with short calligraphic proverbs written above, and the clean contour lines, sliding screens and patterned kimono make useful studies in Edo-period line work and compositional spacing.
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