Title: “The Courtesan Hanazuma Reading a Letter,” from the series Beauties Compared to Flowers (Bijin hana awase)
Object type: Print
Date: 1790s
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Kitagawa Utamaro 
Artist bio: Japanese, ca. 1754–1806
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Reading