Story of the Western Chamber – The Delivery of the Love Letter
Two women in layered silk robes stand before a lacquered table and a carved screen painted with a mountain landscape. The woman at left holds a folded letter while the younger woman at right reaches toward it. Ink and color on paper, with a vertical poem inscribed at upper right.
Look closer: A vertical column of calligraphy, a poem with a signature and seal, is written beside the figures at upper right.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1736–95
- Medium
- Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 1798 × 3400 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1795).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund