EditorialThe Courtesan Handayu of the Nakaomiya House of Pleasure, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1775. Dimensions: 31.9 x 15.1 cm (12 9/16 x 5 15/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hos...
EditorialThe Courtesan Handayu of the Nakaomiya House of Pleasure, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1775. Dimensions: 31.9 x 15.1 cm (12 9/16 x 5 15/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hos...
EditorialA woman turns to a man Famous places and products in the Yamashiro province (series title) Yamashiro meisho meibutsu (series title on object), A woman turns to a man who has a fan for keeps what a letter is on. Both poems on this print speak of love le...
EditorialThe new century standard letter-writer : business, family and social correspondence, love-letters, etiquette, synonyms, legal forms, etc. : Chambers, Alfred B.
EditorialThe Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya House, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1775. Dimensions: 32.3 x 15.4 cm (12 1/4 x 6 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Ja...
EditorialThe Courtesan Handayu of the Nakaomiya House of Pleasure, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1775. Dimensions: 31.9 x 15.1 cm (12 9/16 x 5 15/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hos...
EditorialChizuka no Fumi no Bosetsu (The Evening Snow of a Thousand Bundles of Love-Letters), the Lovers Ohatsu and Tokubei, from the series "Sugata Hakkei (Eight Views of Lovers)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 26...
EditorialThe Courtesan Chibune of the Ebiya House, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1775. Dimensions: 32.3 x 15.2 cm (12 5/8 x 5-3/4 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialHinaji of the Chojiya, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1775. Dimensions: 32.5 x 15 cm (12 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialShohei, Torii, Kiyomasu, -1716, artist, [between 1726 and 1736], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 29.7 x 14.2 cm., Full-length view of the actor Sanjo Kantaro playing a woman's part as a peddler of love letters.
EditorialShohei, Torii, Kiyomasu, -1716, artist, [between 1726 and 1736], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 29.7 x 14.2 cm., Full-length view of the actor Sanjo Kantaro playing a woman's part as a peddler of love letters.
EditorialThe Courtesan Handayu of the Nakaomiya House of Pleasure, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1775. Dimensions: 31.9 x 15.1 cm (12 9/16 x 5 15/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hos...
EditorialChizuka no Fumi no Bosetsu (The Evening Snow of a Thousand Bundles of Love-Letters), the Lovers Ohatsu and Tokubei, from the series "Sugata Hakkei (Eight Views of Lovers)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 26...
EditorialHinaji of the Chojiya, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1775. Dimensions: 32.5 x 15 cm (12 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Courtesan Chibune of the Ebiya House, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1775. Dimensions: 32.3 x 15.2 cm (12 5/8 x 5-3/4 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialHinaji of the Chojiya, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1775. Dimensions: 32.5 x 15 cm (12 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Courtesan Handayu of the Nakaomiya House of Pleasure, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1775. Dimensions: 31.9 x 15.1 cm (12 9/16 x 5 15/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hos...
EditorialChizuka no Fumi no Bosetsu (The Evening Snow of a Thousand Bundles of Love-Letters), the Lovers Ohatsu and Tokubei, from the series "Sugata Hakkei (Eight Views of Lovers)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 26...
EditorialHinaji of the Chojiya, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1775. Dimensions: 32.5 x 15 cm (12 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Courtesan Chibune of the Ebiya House, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1775. Dimensions: 32.3 x 15.2 cm (12 5/8 x 5-3/4 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialLetter from Elizabeth I to Mary Queen of Scots, blaming her for the conclusion of the judicial enquiry at York / Hampton Court, 21 December 1568. Elizabeth’s tribunal opened on 4 October, with Thomas Howard, the 4th Duke of Norfolk, and Sir Ralph Sad...
EditorialFront cover of 'Love Letters of Mr. H. [i.e. J. Hackman] & Miss R. [i.e. Martha Reay]'. The Love Letters of Mr. H. [i.e. J. Hackman] & Miss R. [i.e. Martha Reay], 1775-1779. [With an appendix on Thomas Chatterton. Attributed to Sir Herbert Croft.] Edit...
EditorialFront and back covers printed on the same sheet for a collection of love letters (number 1), Jos? Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851?1913), ca. 1900?1910.
EditorialFront and back covers printed on the same sheet for a collection of love letters (number 1), Jos? Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851?1913), ca. 1900?1910.
EditorialShohei, Torii, Kiyomasu, -1716, artist, [between 1726 and 1736], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 29.7 x 14.2 cm., Full-length view of the actor Sanjo Kantaro playing a woman's part as a peddler of love letters.
EditorialShohei, Torii, Kiyomasu, -1716, artist, [between 1726 and 1736], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 29.7 x 14.2 cm., Full-length view of the actor Sanjo Kantaro playing a woman's part as a peddler of love letters.
EditorialBaden near Vienna, " Mozart temple" in the park. Mozart's wife Constanze used to take the waters in Baden, while her husband worked in Vienna and wrote longing love letters to his wife.