Woman Reading a Letter/婦女人相十品・手紙を読む女
Date
1792
Credits
- Utamaro Artist
Format
- Illustration 283
- Fine Art 50
Type of Work
- Finished work 5481
Kitagawa Utamaro is an ukiyo-e artist had a big impact in the end of Edo. The characteristics of bijinga, the painting of young beautiful women by Kitagawa Utamaro is to draw centered on the faces and upper bodies of women because he gained confident with his drawing skill. This work depicts the woman reading a love letter. She wears a casual kimono with subtle colors and tied with black and yerrow several patterns obi. The expensive mineral substance called MICA is used in the background of this artwork.
