Wife of the elite samurai class reading books, with other women writing with a pen, one looking at ukiyo-e prints, and one folding paper. Another woman delivers reams of paper and ink. The alcove is decorated with coral, scrolls, feathers, etc. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanba’s Ehon Imayo Sugata (Picture Book of the Modern Forms and Figures, Tokyo, 1916. Reprint of the original from 1802.

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Size: 6521px × 4387px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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