One Hundred Women Classified According to Their Rank (Hyakunin joro shinasadame 百人女郎品定) : [volume 1]

Nishikawa, Sukenobu, 1671-1751 · 1723 · Kyoto : Hachimonjiya Hachizaemon · 11 pictures

A woodblock-printed illustrated book from Kyoto, made by the Japanese artist Nishikawa Sukenobu and published in 1723 by Hachimonjiya Hachizaemon for a general readership interested in women's social rank and fashion. The double-page spreads show elegant women in interiors, with ink line work, light grey wash and minimal colour, and a designer might take from them the economy of contour line, the layered kimono patterns, and the compositions that frame figures against screens and sliding panels.

Women in art -- Japan -- Pictorial works · Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1600-1868 -- Pictorial works

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