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Woman on a Veranda About to Open a Love-letter by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

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Woman on a Veranda About to Open a Love-letter

Woman on a Veranda About to Open a Love-letter

Woman on a Veranda About to Open a Love-letter

Katsukawa Shunsho

1773–1779

Medium: Color woodblock print; wide hashira-e
Dimensions: 69 × 16.7 cm (27 1/8 × 6 9/16 in.)
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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