Title: A Flowery Mirror of Beautiful Women (Bijin ryōka shū) 美人菱花集
Object type: Illustrated book
Date: 1831, summer sixth month (Tenpō 2)
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Katsura Seiyō 桂青洋 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1787–1860
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Other: 9 × 6 1/2 in. (22.8 × 16.5 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
Tags: term: Poetry, term: Women