Illustrations of Beautiful Women (Bijin e-zukushi 美人絵づくし) : [volume 2]

Hishikawa, Moronobu, approximately 1618-approximately 1694 · 1683 · Edo : Urokogataya · 8 pictures

A woodblock-printed volume of 1683 from Edo by Hishikawa Moronobu, showing women of the Tokugawa period in courtly and domestic settings, with calligraphic text columns running across the top of each spread. The pictures are ink line drawings with light colour touches in red and pale tones, and a designer might take from them the economical outline work, the patterned kimono motifs, and the way text and image share a page.

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

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