In this print, titled Yogoto ni au Koi ("Love that Meets Each Night"), Utamaro depicts a young woman lost in thought. Perhaps she is considering the words of her lover in the letter she holds, or perhaps she is remembering a special moment they spent together. The print is from Utamaro's Kasen Koi no Bu ("Anthology of Poems: The Love Section") series originally produced in the 1790s.

Please refer back to the description of this set as a whole to find more information on other aspects of this print.

Quite a few years back, Dave made a reproduction of one of the prints in the same series as this one (mentioned above), and thought it might be interesting to produce a little quiz about the designs. That quiz is still online; if you would like to challenge your ability to 'see' what Utamaro saw, please give it a try!