Title: The Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojo in the Role of a Courtesan Reading a Letter
Object type: Print
Date: late 1740s
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Ishikawa Toyonobu 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1711–1785
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 26 3/4 in. (67.9 cm); W. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Reading, term: Actors