Courtesan Reading a Letter / Ishikawa Toyonobu

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Accession Number: 1955/1.129
Title: Courtesan Reading a Letter
Artist: Ishikawa Toyonobu
Artist Nationality: Japanese
Artist Life Dates: 1711-1785
Medium and Support: long-and-large size hand-colored woodblock print (urushi e) on paper (chôôban)
Object Creation Date: circa 1744-1746
Credit Line: Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Style/Group/Movement: ukiyo e
Inscription: Signed: Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu zu; Artist's Seals: Ishikawa uji and Toyonobu; Publisher's Seal: Urokogata [Urokogataya Magobei]
Period: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)
Dimensions: 50.2 cm x 22.5 cm (19 3/4 in. x 8 7/8 in.)
Century: 18th century
Primary Keywords: figures; interiors; plants; reading; standing; ukiyo e; window
Secondary Keywords: architecture; asian; forms; genres; making art; people and culture; people and occupations; physical activities; physical activities by general context; schools of japanese paintings and prints; the natural world
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 309 x 639
File Size: 34 KB
Record: 1955/1.129
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1955-sl-1.129/1955_1.129.jpg

In public portfolios: 416 UMMA (29); Japan Pax Tokugawa 1600-1868 (500); Literacy, reading, and writing (47)

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/musart:1955-SL-1.129:1955_1.129.JPG

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Full citation: "Courtesan Reading a Letter; Ishikawa Toyonobu." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1955-sl-1.129/1955_1.129.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 09, 2024.