Katsukawa Shunshō

The Syllable Ra: Requesting a Painting from a Former Lover

c. 1770–73

Dating

Approximate date range

Made in

Japan

Held at

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Dimensions

8 11/16 × 6 in. (22 × 15.3 cm) (image, sheet, chūban)

Collection no.

P.75.51.222

Attribution

By the artist

Image rights

Public Domain Mark 1.0License details

Katsukawa Shunshō. The Syllable Ra: Requesting a Painting from a Former Lover. Katsukawa Shunshō; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.; P.75.51.222. Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.