A Beauty Reading a Book Whilst Seated on a Balcony, from "Mitate Sugawara-jima (A Parody of Sugawara Stripe Patterns)"

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A Beauty Reading a Book Whilst Seated on a Balcony, from "Mitate Sugawara-jima (A Parody of Sugawara Stripe Patterns)"
A Beauty Reading a Book Whilst Seated on a Balcony, from "Mitate Sugawara-jima (A Parody of Sugawara Stripe Patterns)"
A Beauty Reading a Book Whilst Seated on a Balcony, from "Mitate Sugawara-jima (A Parody of Sugawara Stripe Patterns)"

A Beauty Reading a Book Whilst Seated on a Balcony, from "Mitate Sugawara-jima (A Parody of Sugawara Stripe Patterns)"

Maker (b. 1786, Edo, Japan – d. 1864, Edo, Japan)
Dateca. 1850
GeographyJapan, Asia
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensionssheet: 8 3/4 in. x 12 1/2 in. (22.2 cm x 31.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase, The Mary Clothier Slade Fund
Object number2005.140
Status
Not on view
RightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
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