Illustrations of Beautiful Women (Bijin e-zukushi 美人絵づくし) : [volume 1]

Hishikawa, Moronobu, approximately 1618-approximately 1694 · 1683 · Edo : Urokogataya · 11 pictures

A 1683 Edo woodblock picture book by Hishikawa Moronobu, published by Urokogataya, showing elegant women of the Tokugawa period in courtly and domestic settings. The pages pair full-width ink-line scenes with columns of calligraphic text above, with the figures' robes and interiors rendered in economical contour lines that a designer could use as a model for clean, flowing linework and patterned textiles.

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

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