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Leaf from a Book Entitled: Wakoku Hiaku-jo, One Hundred Japanese Women

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣
Leaf from a Book Entitled: Wakoku Hiaku-jo, One Hundred Japanese Women by Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣

Medium

Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper

Dimensions

H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); W. 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm)

Classification

Prints

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

JP1591

Tags

HairWomenMirrors

Art Historical Context

This delicate leaf from *Wak Hiaku-jo: One Hundred Japanese Women* by Hishikawa Moronobu (1618–1694) offers a glimpse into the vibrant of Edo-period Japan (1615–1868). Moronobu, a pioneering ukiyo-e artist, helped popularize woodblock prints depicting the "floating world" of everyday pleasures, fashion, and beauty. This page, part of a series celebrating Japanese women, likely portrays a figure engaged in grooming—evident from the tags highlighting hair, women, and mirrors—capturing the elegance of feminine rituals in urban life. Crafted as a monochrome woodblock print (sumizuri-e) in ink on ...

About the Artist

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣 (Japanese) · 1618 –1694

Japanese, 1618–1694

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