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Courtesan Reading a Letter


文読む美人
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.5 x 14 cm (12 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4760
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #330 (no date)
Signed Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
Marks Artist's seal: Mori uji
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.