Messenger with a Letter, from the series “Elegant Five-Needled Pine”

Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753–1806
Publisher: Tsuruya Kinsuke, Japanese, active late 18th–early 19th century
Period: Edo period, 1615–1868
Date: c.1797–1798
Material: Color woodblock print
made in: Tokyo, Japan, Asia
Classification: Prints
Collection: Asian Art
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: image: 14 13/16 x 8 5/8 in. (37.6 x 21.9 cm)
sheet: 14 13/16 x 8 5/8 in. (37.6 x 21.9 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 168:1955

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