Title: Picture Book of Brocades with Precious Threads (Ehon takara no itosuji 画本宝能縷
Object type: Illustrated book
Date: 1786, first month
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章 (nos. 1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 12)
Artist bio: Japanese, 1726–1792
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Polychrome woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 11 5/16 × 8 1/8 in. (28.8 × 20.6 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Working, term: Industry