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Woman Writing a Letter in Front of a Screen by Ishikawa Toyonobu — VisualArtsDB

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Woman Writing a Letter in Front of a Screen

Woman Writing a Letter in Front of a Screen

Woman Writing a Letter in Front of a Screen

Ishikawa Toyonobu

1740–1744

Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hashira-e, sumizuri-e
Dimensions: 65.1 × 16.3 cm (27 × 6 1/2 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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