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Courtesan Reading a Letter

Ishikawa Toyonobu

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Artist
Ishikawa Toyonobu
Date
c. 1745
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; toku-oban, urushi-e
Dimensions
50.6 × 23 cm (19 3/4 × 9 in.)
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Credit
Clarence Buckingham Collection

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Ishikawa Toyonobu, Courtesan Reading a Letter, c. 1745, Hand-colored woodblock print; toku-oban, urushi-e, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

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Clarence Buckingham Collection

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