PrintsJapanese18th century

Courtesan Reading a Letter

18th century

Artists

Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川豊信Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 44.0 cm x W. 31.0 cm (17 5/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Actor Nakamura KANZAEMON 3RD AS A YAKKO

Katsukawa Shunjō, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Poetry Contest with Courtiers Retrieving Sake Cups from Stream

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1800

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "nagaban" format; Ink and color on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Mitate of Letter-Reading Scene from Chūshingura

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋, Edo period, circa 1772-1773

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hashira-e" format; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Komazō as Sadakuro

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper with printed si

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Nakamura Matsue as a Female Dancer

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Ippitsusai Bunchō ga"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Daikoku Cutting Plum Blossoms

Okumura Toshinobu 奥村利信, Edo period, circa early 18th century

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Yamatogakō Okumura Toshinobu hitsu"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Mitate of Letter-Reading Scene from Chūshingura

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋, Edo period, circa 1776-1777

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hashira-e" format; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Ono no Tofu and the Frog

Torii Kiyohiro 鳥居清廣, Edo period, circa 1737-1776

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Torii Kiyohiro hitsu"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Two Seated Men Conversing with Standing Woman and Attendants

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "yokonagaban" format; ink and color on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors Ichikawa Yaozō, Sawamura Sōjūrō and Segawa Kikujirō

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, color and mica on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Illustrated Guide to the Ise Pilgrimage (Ise sangū meisho zue), vol. 5, part 1

Shitomi Kangetsu, 1797 (Kansei 9)

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Two Court Ladies Boating by a Blossoming Plum Tree, book illustration from ?

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa late 18th-early 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono; ink, color and embossing on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese