The Japanese art of Ukiyo-e (“Pictures of the floating sorrowful world”) developed in the city of Edo (now Tokyo) during the Tokugawa or Edo Period (1600-1868), a relatively peaceful era during which the Tokugawa shoguns ruled Japan and made Edo the seat of power. The Ukiyo-e tradition of woodblock printing and painting continued into the 20th century. This print is one sheet of an illustrated book from between 1716 and 1736. It shows three richly dressed women or girls eating and drinking, probably celebrating Hina Matsuri (Girl's day) with a doll ceremony, showing dolls sitting at a table in the background. Dolls; Eating and drinking; Holidays; Rites and ceremonies; Ukiyo-e; Women; Woodcuts