Author: Mizuno Toshikata (水野年方)
Subject: Love letter; a woman from the Genroku era (kesōbumi; genroku goro fujin , 懸想文 元禄頃婦人).
Series: Thirty six elegant selections (sanjūroku kasen, 三十六佳撰).
Series number: 16.
Genre: fūkei-ga (風景画), bijin-ga (美人画).
Size: large (ōban, 大判).
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon (秋山武右衛門).
Period: c. 1893.
Trimmed: no
Backed: no
Code: MTK01002
A messengers wearing a white cloth as a mask delivers a love letter to a beautiful woman surprising her.
Condition: colour is good on the foregrounds but the blue of the sky and the green of the trees on the
background
have lost part of their intensity. It shows some sign of ageing but any remarkable stain nor wrinkles. Any
fixed part.
Urushi (lacquered and mica painting) has been applied on the man's hat for a shining effect when observed
backlight.
Embossing technique has been used on the white cartouche on the top.