A Modern Day "Clear Mirror" (Masukagami 万寿嘉々見) : [volume 1]
A Modern Day Clear Mirror, a Japanese woodblock book of erotic prints (shunga) made by Ikeda Eisen in Edo in 1822 for a popular adult readership. Its pictures show paired figures in domestic interiors, with fine linework, flat colour and patterned textiles, and columns of handwritten verse set beside the scenes, which a designer could use for dense, layered page layouts and textile pattern ideas.
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