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Woman Holding A Love Letter
Woman Holding A Love Letter
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Woman Holding A Love Letter

Artist (Japanese, 1735–about 1790)
Dateabout 1769
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions69.1 x 12.5 cm (27 3/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.158
DescriptionA very tall young woman is dressed in a pale salmon pink furisode (long sleeved kimono) that has a plaid pattern of pearl gray lines. Her under kimono is pearl gray with patches of white diaper pattern. She stands in a parlor and in her right hand holds a folded love letter.
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