A Picture Book Mirror of Various Occupations (Wakoku shoshoku ezukushi) : [volume 2]

Hishikawa, Moronobu, approximately 1618-approximately 1694 · 1685 · Japan : [producer not identified] · 9 pictures

A Picture Book Mirror of Various Occupations, volume 2, is a woodblock-printed Japanese illustrated book of 1685 by Hishikawa Moronobu, issued for a general readership to show ordinary trades and crafts. Its double-page spreads show townspeople at work in interiors and streets, each scene framed by a block of calligraphic verse above.

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