Sewing and Knitting — 第七編

Sewing and Knitting — identified as the seventh volume (第七編) of what appears to be a series — depicts women engaged in the domestic textile arts that occupied much of the leisure time of Meiji-era women of the middle and upper classes. The introduction of Western knitting alongside traditional Japanese sewing created a visual hybrid in Meiji domestic interiors, and Hanko's composition likely captures this coexistence: kimono-clad women working with both Japanese sewing materials and Western yarn and needles. The numbered volume designation suggests this is from a serialized publication.