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Courtesan Reading a Letter


文を読む遊女
Kaigetsudô Anchi (Japanese, active about 1700–1716)
Publisher: Maruya Kihachi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1710s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 66.5 x 32 cm (26 3/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6644
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 164; Ukiyo-e taisei 2 (1931), #37
Signed Nihon giga Kaigetsu Matsuyô Anchi zu
日本戯画 懐月末葉安知図
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.