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

Kitagawa Utamaro · 1790s

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0

Lindy Arts