Woman reading a letter under a mosquito net. A woman wearing a white kimono with black and pink accents sits on the floor. Her head is tilted down and to the left. She holds a letter in her right hand and rests her left hand on her knee. The woman sits in front of a green curtain. A white sliding panel with Japanese writing on it is on the left. The woman's kimono has a long green sash. A portion of the curtain is draped over her right shoulder. The walls of the room appear to be tan colored.
Artwork Details
- Date
- ca. 1798
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 417 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
You May Also Like
The Lovers O-Hatsu and Tokubei
A Girl Hanging up a Mosquito Net Canopy over Her Bed.
Ichikawa Danzo IV in the Role of a Samurai
A Courtesan
Two Ladies
Interior View
Scene of the Pleasure Quarter at Fukagawa
Young MotHer Nursing Her Baby
The Flying Down of Wild Geese at Yoshiwara
Two Women Standing, Holding a Child
The Third Ichikawa Yaozo and Mimasu Tokujiro
Evening Snow on the Nurioke, from the series Eight Parlor Views
Window Opening Toward the Sea
A Courtesan Looking at Her Reflection in a Hand Mirror
Evening Chime of the Clock (Tokei no banshō), from the series “Eight Parlor Views” (Zashiki hakkei)
The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II in the Role of the Oiran Hatsuito of Yamashiro-ya
Wakayama Tomisaburo as a Woman in a Yellow and Red-Brown Striped Kimono
Portrait of Ichimura Takenojō and Sanjō Kantarō
Koshikibu no Naishi (999–1025), from "Hyakunin Isshu" (One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets)
A Woman and a Man Arranging Flowers for the Tsukimi (Moon Festival)
Waves on Moonlight
Chushingura: Act I of The Storehouse of Loyalty
