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Courtesan Reading a Letter

Courtesan Reading a Letter

(Japanese, active about 1716–1736)
about Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Medium/TechniquePanel; ink and color on paper
DimensionsImage: 35.4 x 51.3 cm (13 15/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Robert Treat Paine
Accession number61.1227
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ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1961, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA; 1961, gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: December 13, 1961)
Woman Holding an Umbrella in the Snow
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Ten Women of Various Classes
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Geisha Putting Up a Mosquito Net
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Woman Picking Cherry Blossoms
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Woman with an Umbrella
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Geisha Cooling Off by a River in Gion
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A Glance at the Distinguished Figures of the Meiji Period (Meiji meiyo ichiran)
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