A print depicting women's activities of the Tokugawa era — a documentary subject cataloguing the domestic, social, and cultural practices of Edo-period women as part of Chikanobu's broader project of historical documentation. Women's activities in the Tokugawa period were both strictly regulated by social convention and richly varied within those conventions: textile production, flower arrangement, music, tea ceremony, calligraphy, and the management of complex households all fell within the expected competencies of women of different social ranks.
Meiji period, dated October 10, 1896
Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Women’s Activities of the Tokugawa Era was created by Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延).
Women’s Activities of the Tokugawa Era depicts figures, bijin-ga, and daily life.
