Courtesan正在读一封信 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	Courtesan正在读一封信
品名（英）	Courtesan Reading a Letter
入馆年号	2015年，2015.300.134
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Ishikawa Toyonobu【1711 至 1785】【日本人】
创作年份	公元 1734 - 公元 1766
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	图像: 32 7/8 × 8 9/16 英寸 (83.5 × 21.7 厘米) 整体 with mounting: 67 1/2 × 12 11/16 英寸 (171.5 × 32.2 厘米) 整体 with knobs: 67 1/2 × 14 5/16 英寸 (171.5 × 36.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	坐着的女人们穿着优雅的红色扎染长袍，外披白色斗篷，斗篷上装饰着含苞待放的柳树，她的奥比腰带系在前面，表明她是娱乐区的妓女。她拿着两张各种各样的纸，可以用来写信、写诗和画画。她面前摆着一个漆盒子，里面装着书写工具和点燃的蜡烛，表示夜晚的环境壁龛中的绘画中所示的名为"白泽"的神兽源于中国的传说。上面是日本百科全书《四海录》的摘录，其中说黄帝在东部地区旅行时遇到了这种神奇的野兽，它向他口述了世界上超自然生物的故事，以及如何避免被它们困扰或伤害。因此，哈库塔库的图像被认为可以抵御疾病和有害影响画中的签名"东野步"和微型印章表明艺术家是石川东野步，他因其歌舞伎演员和欢乐区妓女的"漆版画"而闻名。
介绍（英）	The seated women in elegant red tie-dyed robes with a white over-cloak decorated with budding willows has her obi sash tied in front, identifying her as a courtesan of the pleasure quarters. She holds two sheets of paper of a variety that can be used for letters, poems, and drawings. In front of her is arrayed a lacquer box with writing implements and a lit candle, indicating a nocturnal setting. The mythical beast called a hakutaku (Chinese: baize), shown in the painting in the alcove signed “Toyonobu,” derives from Chinese legend. Above it is an excerpt from the Japanese encyclopedia Records of the Four Seas (Kairoku) stating that the Yellow Emperor encountered this fantastical beast while on a tour of eastern regions and that it dictated to him accounts of supernatural creatures in the world and how to avoid being haunted or harmed by them. Thus images of the hakutaku were said to ward off disease and harmful influences. The signature “Toyonobu” and the miniature seals in the painting identify the artist as Ishikawa Toyonobu, who became famous for his “lacquer prints” (urushi-e) of kabuki actors and courtesans of the pleasure quarter.