One Hundred Women Classified According to Their Rank (Hyakunin joro shinasadame 百人女郎品定) : [volume 2]

Nishikawa, Sukenobu, 1671-1751 · 1723 · Kyoto : Hachimonjiya Hachizaemon · 15 pictures

A woodblock-printed Japanese illustrated book of 1723 by Nishikawa Sukenobu, published in Kyoto by Hachimonjiya Hachizaemon, showing one hundred women of different social ranks in the Edo-period manner. The pages are double-spread interiors with figures in kimono seated on tatami rooms, playing music, writing, and conversing. A designer might draw on their spare, flowing ink line, the patterned kimono textiles, and the careful framing of interior spaces by sliding screens and walls.

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

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