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Beauty Reading a Letter

A work made of color woodblock print; o-oban, benizuri-e.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of color woodblock print; o-oban, benizuri-e.

Date:

c. 1758

Artist:

Ishikawa Toyonobu
Japanese, 1711–1785

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Title

Beauty Reading a Letter

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1753–1763

Medium

Color woodblock print; o-oban, benizuri-e

Dimensions

43.4 × 31.2 cm (12 1/8 × 17 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1925.1937

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