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Yu zhi geng zhi tu, Vol. 2
Yu zhi geng zhi tu, Vol. 2
Book · 25 pages · Chinese
Volume 2 of an imperially commissioned Qing set of Gengzhi tu (pictures of tilling and weaving), a rice-farming series. The pages are woodblock-style engravings, each paired with Chinese poems, covering the sequence from soaking seed, ploughing, harrowing and transplanting through weeding, irrigation, harvest, threshing, winnowing, pounding, storing grain and offering thanks to the gods. One plate (page 18) shows a woman weaving at a loom under a pavilion, with a verse on weaving, and the last page carries a title strip for the weaving pictures. The text is entirely Chinese, and the volume has no weaving drafts.
御製耕織圖 [Imperial Illustrations of Tilling and Weaving]
御製耕織圖 [Imperial Illustrations of Tilling and Weaving]
Book · 25 pages · Chinese
Volume 1 (the weaving or silk section) of the Qianlong-era illustrated Yuzhi Gengzhi tu, in Chinese. It has 23 woodblock-style plates showing silk production from bathing silkworm eggs, the molts, mulberry gathering, cocoon selection, reeling, and warping to weaving on a loom, dyeing, and making garments. Each plate has a title, imperial poems and a caption. The images show household scenes with women, looms, reeling frames, and dyeing racks. There are no weaving drafts.

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