Ehon Tokiwagusa (Picture Book, The Pine Tree) by Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671-1750), 1731

3 vols. bound into one book,  vol.1, consisting of 3pps. of preface, signed Nishikawa Sukenobu, Rakuyo gako Bunkado Nishikawa Sukenobu with seals Nishikawa Uji and Sukenobu, dated Kyoho 15 [1730], year of the Dog, frontispiece with a pine, 15 double-page illustrations mostly of court ladies famous in classical literature followed by women at various pastimes; vol.2, frontispiece with bamboo, 16 double-page illustrations of women of the common people at leisure; vol.3, frontispiece with plum, 16 double-page illustrations of courtesans in the licensed quarters in Kyoto, Osaka and Edo, colophon inside back cover indicating the artist and engravers Fujimura Zen'emon and Murakami Gen'emon both from Osaka, date Kyoho 16, year of the Boar, 8th month [1731], publisher, Murata Shotaro of Osaka