In 1903, when the World Exposition was held in Paris, the painter Asai Chū was sent to France by the Ministry of Education to study Western painting for two years. He painted [Reading] in the year he returned to Japan.
- Cultural property designation
- Quantity
- Artist
- By Asai Chū (1856–1907)
- Period/Century
- Meiji era, 1902
- Country/Origin
- Excavation site
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- Inscriptions
- Donor
- Gift of Mr. Takano Tokiji
- Collection reference no.
- A-12037
- Genre
- Painting
- Category
- Paintings, sketches, and prints > Japan > Modern paintings