Title: A New Record Comparing the Handwriting of the Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin jihitsu kagami) 吉原傾城新美人自筆鏡
Object type: Illustrated book
Date: 1784, early spring (Tenmei 4)
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden) 北尾政演 (山東京伝) 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1761–1816
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 14 15/16 × 10 1/4 in. (38 × 26 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Family Foundation Gift, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2013
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women