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Woman Reading a Letter

(Japanese, dates unknown)
about Bunsei era (1818–30)
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 80.4 x 28.5 cm (31 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.123
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenancePrior to 1911 purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow; 1911 given to the Museum by William Sturgis Bigelow
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Three Women: Farmer's Wife
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about Bunsei (1818 - 30) - Tenpô (1830 - 44) eras
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