Picture Book: Camellia (Ehon Himetsubaki 絵本女貞木) : [volume 3]

Nishikawa, Sukenobu, 1671-1751 · 1745 · Kyoto : Kikuya Kihei · 9 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book, volume 3 of Ehon Himetsubaki, made by the artist Nishikawa Sukenobu and published in Kyoto in 1745 by Kikuya Kihei, showing women and everyday court-style life. Its double-page spreads pair fine ink-line figures in interiors and gardens with columns of handwritten Japanese calligraphy, and a designer might borrow the economical line work, flat patterned kimono, and the text-and-image layout of the spreads.

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

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