A Beauty Looking Down upon a Young Man Reading a Love Letter, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1771, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (pillar print); ink and color on paper, 26 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (66.7 x 10.8 cm), Prints, Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814), Toyoharu is known for incorporating Western perspective into his prints (uki-e), as may be observed here in the depiction of the sea in the distance. His graceful, willowy images of women remind us of the delicate beauties of Suzuki Harunobu (1725–1770)
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Beauty Looking Down upon, Young Man Reading, Love Letter, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1771, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, pillar, ink, color, paper, 26 1/4 x 4 1/4, 66.7 10.8 cm, Prints, Utagawa Toyoharu, Japanese, 1735–1814, Toyoharu, incorporating Western perspective, prints, uki-e, observed, depiction, sea, distance, graceful, willowy images, women remind, us, delicate beauties, Suzuki Harunobu, 1725–1770
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