# Woman About to Write a Poem, in The Floating World

Yashima Gakutei designed this in about 1824. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1824
- Medium: Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
- Dimensions: 21.3 × 18.3 cm (8 7/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1954.501
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Yashima Gakutei](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/yashima-gakutei), Japanese, 1786 (?)-1868

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