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Woman Reading a Letter under a Mosquito Net

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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
Museum record:
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