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Japanese woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle reading a letter, rendered in delicate lines and muted tones with floral details.
Kitagawa Utamaro. “The Courtesan Hanazuma Reading a Letter,” from the Series Beauties Compared to Flowers (Bijin Hana Awase). 1790s. Part of Open: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Artstor.