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Woman Reading a Letter, from the series Ten Classes of Women's Physiogonomy (Fujo ninsô juppon)

(Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
about 1792–93 (Kansei 4–5)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color, and mica on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.2 x 24.5 cm (14 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession number21.6392
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
Beauty and Komusô
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1793 (Kansei 5)
Page 10
Kitagawa Utamaro I
1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1)
Shiohi no tsuto (Gifts from the Ebb Tide)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1)
Courtesan with Child Attendant
Kitagawa Utamaro I
first half of Kansei era (1789 - 1801)
Kitagawa Utamaro I