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Courtesan Reading a Poem Slip Tied to Flowers in a Vase by Ishikawa Toyonobu — VisualArtsDB

Courtesan Reading a Poem Slip Tied to Flowers in a Vase

Courtesan Reading a Poem Slip Tied to Flowers in a Vase

Ishikawa Toyonobu

1743–1747

Medium: color woodblock print
Dimensions: Overall: 69.5 x 16.5 cm (27 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Genre: print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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