Title: Picture Book of Essays in Idleness (Ehon tsurezuregusa) 絵本徒然草
Object type: Illustrated books
Date: 1740
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1671–1750
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Set of three woodblock printed books bound as one volume; ink on paper
Dimensions: 10 5/8 × 7 1/2 in. (27 × 19 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY