Courtesan Reading a Letter

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Title

Courtesan Reading a Letter

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1740–1750

Medium

Hand-colored woodblock print; toku-oban, urushi-e

Dimensions

50.6 × 23 cm (19 3/4 × 9 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1931.244

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