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Women Playing Music

Yanagawa Shigenobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts three women playing musical instruments. A woman on the left with long black hair wears a red and white kimono with a white obi and plays a long instrument with a long neck and frets; she sits on a floor cushion. A woman in the middle with dark hair wears a brown kimono with a red obi; she plays a shamisen. A woman on the right with black hair tied up wears a long orange patterned kimono and a white headpiece; she holds a fan and appears to play a flute. A plant, a book, and a hat are next to them. The background is beige with Japanese writing.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 449 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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