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Beauty Reading a Love Letter by Moonlight

Beauty Reading a Love Letter by Moonlight

Beauty Reading a Love Letter by Moonlight

Toyohara Kunichika

Medium: Hanging scroll: ink and light color on paper
Dimensions: 102.9 × 28.6 cm (200 1/2 × 27 3/4 in.)
Genre: Asian art
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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inkcolors on paperasian arthanging scrollpaper (fiber product)scroll

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Beauty Reading a Love Letter by Moonlight by Toyohara Kunichika — VisualArtsDB