Ladies Sewing (Kijo saihō no zu), 『貴女裁縫之図』, Meiji period (1868–1912), September 3rd, 1887, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Image: 14 in. × 28 1/2 in. (35.6 × 72.4 cm), Prints, Adachi (Shōsai) Ginkō (Japanese, active 1874–97), The sewing machine is the featured attraction in this print of upper-class women making and ironing men’s clothing. Sewing machines were a novelty in Japan in the 1870s, but by the mid-1880s, when wearing Western dress was enforced for many government employees, seamstresses and tailors used treadle machines in preference to the old-style hand machine
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Ladies, Sewing, Kijo saihō no zu, 『貴女裁縫之図』, Meiji period, 1868–1912, September 3rd, 1887, Japan, Triptych, polychrome woodblock prints, ink, color, paper, Image, 14, 28 1/2, 35.6, 72.4 cm, Prints, Adachi, Shōsai, Ginkō, Japanese, active, 1874–97, sewing, machine, featured attraction, print, upper-class women, ironing men, clothing, Sewing machines, novelty, 1870s, mid-1880s, wearing Western, dress, enforced, government employees, seamstresses, tailors, treadle preference, old-style hand
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