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Courtesan Reading a Letter by Ishikawa Toyonobu — VisualArtsDB

Courtesan Reading a Letter

Courtesan Reading a Letter

Ishikawa Toyonobu

1740–1750

Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; toku-oban, urushi-e
Dimensions: 50.6 × 23 cm (19 3/4 × 9 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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