歌撰恋之部　夜毎に逢恋, A Young Woman Reading A Letter, Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790s

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歌撰恋之部　夜毎に逢恋, A Young Woman Reading A Letter, Edo period (1615–1868), 1790s, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 14 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. ( x cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806), In this print, from a series portraying women in different phases of romance, Utamaro captures a young woman at the moment she stops to comtemplate a letter. She extends her hands from her robe to hold this letter from her lover that perhaps suggests their next meeting

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Size: 2702px × 3800px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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