Mirror of the Beautiful Women of the Yoshiwara Brothels (Seirō bijin awase sugata kagami) : [volume 2]
A woodblock-printed Edo-period picture book of 1776 by Katsukawa Shunshō, published in Edo by Tsutaya Jūzaburō and partners, depicting courtesans of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter for a popular urban audience. Its double-page spreads show elegant women in interiors and gardens, rendered in red, pink and grey-green ink with flat colour washes and fine patterned kimono textiles a designer could draw on for decorative pattern work.
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