Yamaguchi Soken (Japanese, 17591818) was a prolific painter of ukiyo-e beauties and was particularly talented in rendering scenes from everyday life. Soken accomplished a great degree of realism in his paintings, which he achieved through direct observation of his subjects. Like many other 18th-century Japanese artists, Soken painted scenes of the pleasure-loving urban life, which was known as ukiyo, or the floating world.
Contains five each of four different panels from Beauties, late 18thearly 19th century.

• 20 blank notecards (5 each of 4 designs) with envelopes in a decorative box
• Printed on recycled paper
• Published with the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture
• Box size: 5.375 x 7.375 x 1.5 in.
• Card size: 5 x 7 in.
• ISBN 9780764959417
• ITEM 0593