Courtesan Reading a Letter
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1740
- Dimensions
- 50.6 × 23 cm (19 3/4 × 9 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Ishikawa Toyonobu
Artist
Ishikawa Toyonobu was a Japanese ukiyo-e print artist. He is sometimes said to have been the same person as Nishimura Shigenobu, a contemporary ukiyo-e artist and student of Nishimura Shigenaga about whom very little is known.
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Record
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- Ishikawa Toyonobu
- Year
- 1740
- Dimensions
- 50.6 × 23 cm (19 3/4 × 9 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1740-327091
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified