# A Courtesan Reading a Letter

- By: Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829)
- Date: 1820/25
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 87.5 × 31.1 cm (34 1/2 × 12 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Robert Allerton Endowment
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/24545)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/c1f48d6b-4afa-1b1d-e78c-c53b3e7bb32f/full/!809,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)