Working Girls, first half 19th century, attr. Yamaguchi Soken, Japanese, 1759 - 1818, 70 × 36 5/8 in. ( × cm) (image)86 3/4 × 42 1/2 in. ( × cm) (mount), Ink and color on paper, Japan, Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, In the Edo period, the material and design of kimono were strictly regulated by the government along class lines, such that class and occupation were identifiable by costumes and hairstyles. Here (from left to right) are ladies of the warrior class, wives of merchants, young maidens, working girls, and women in the demimonde. Soken’s extraordinary brush control

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