“The Courtesan Hanazuma Reading a Letter,” from the series Beauties Compared to Flowers (Bijin hana awase)

Kitagawa Utamaro

Date

1790s

Type

Print

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

JP2813

Credit

Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939