

Picture Book: Mount Asaka (Ehon Asakayama) 絵本浅香山
Open book with two pages featuring black and white illustrations of women in traditional Japanese clothing. The left page shows two women. The woman on the left stands with her body facing left and her head turned right. She wears a kimono and holds a large woven basket on her right arm. Her hair is styled in a low bun on the back of her head with an ornament on top. The woman on the right sits on the ground with her back to the viewer. Her kimono has a dark-colored design on a light background on the top half and a light-colored design on a dark background on the bottom half. She holds a bowl. The right page shows one woman in profile facing right. She wears a kimono, a long outer robe, and a head covering. She holds a small bowl. The background of both pages is light brown with darker brown spots and bordered by a thin black line with small corner decorations.
Artwork details
- Date:
- January 1739
- Medium:
- Bound book of monochrome woodblock prints; ink on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 599 × 474 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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