EditorialJapanese wedding ceremony. A monk presides over the marriage in a shrine to the goddess of virginity while musicians play on gongs and koto harp, and the bride's childish ornaments are burnt on a pyre. Handcoloured illustration and copperplate engravin...
EditorialLa toilette: Two young women help older women with baby bonnets and false bosoms - while giving knowing looks to the viewer. "Women of 19 and 20 are in open war with women of a certain age (30). They adopt fashions that suit only them, such as flat bon...