Illustrated Poems (Ehon Kaikasen 絵本貝歌仙) : [volume 3]

Nishikawa, Sukenobu, 1671-1751 · 1747 · Kyoto : Hishiya Jihei ; Edo : Urokogataya Magobei · 13 pictures

An 1747 Japanese illustrated book of poems, volume 3, by the Kyoto-trained printmaker Nishikawa Sukenobu, published in Kyoto and Edo for a general reading public. Its double-page woodblock prints show women indoors in elegant kimono, paired with calligraphic verses and shell motifs that a designer could borrow for patterns, layouts, or period-styled graphics.

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

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