漫画百女|Sketchbook of One Hundred Women (Manga hyakujo) 漫画百女
1814, ninth month (Bunka 11)
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
10 3/8 × 7 1/16 in. (26.3 × 18 cm)
Classification
Illustrated Books
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Accession Number
2013.782
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Manga Hyakujo: Sketchbook One Hundred Women** by Aikawa Minwa the ninth month of 1814 (Bunka 11), during Japan's Edo period (16151868), this wood-printed book is a captivating collection of ink and color sketches on paper. Measuring 10 3/8 × 7 1/16 inches, it exemplifies the era's *ehon* (picture books), where intricate woodblock techniques allowed artists to produce affordable, mass-distributed volumes blending art and utility. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Asian Art Department, it was acquired through the Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift in 2013. Aikawa Minwa's wo...