Picture Book of Modern Figures of Fashion (Ehon imayō sugata) : [volume 2]

Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825 · 1802 · Edo: Izumiya Ichibei 和泉屋市兵衞 · 8 pictures

A volume of woodblock-printed picture book published in Edo in 1802 by Izumiya Ichibei and made by the ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Toyokuni, showing fashionable women and daily life for a townsfolk readership. The double-page spreads show women in layered kimono dressing, visiting, and gathering in interiors with lanterns, screens, and tea sets. A designer could draw on their flat colour areas, patterned textiles, and tight compositional framing of figures against architectural lines.

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