http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/940745/resize%3Aformat%3DfullWoman Delivering a Letter; Parody of Rikiya Delivering Kaoyo's Letter to Yuranosuke at the ichiriki Teahouse in Act VII of ChûshinguraUtagawa Toyokuni IWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperPossibly one sheet of an incomplete triptych The woman reaching for the letterbox wears an apron (suggesting that she is a teahouse waitress) with the emblem of Ôboshi Yuranosuke, the main hero of the Chûshingura story. She carries a fan with the "kangiku" crest of the Sawamura acting family, but no actors are shown in this sheet; however, if it is one sheet of a triptych, they may have been on the missing sheets.Prints33.1000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/234617/rdf