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A Geisha with a Shamisen

Kitagawa Kikumaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese woman with dark hair styled up and adorned with a long gold hairpin, wearing a kimono with a pink lining and a patterned design on the shoulder, holding a shamisen with a long neck and a decorative top, resting her face on her hand. The image is printed in black, white, pink, and gray ink on beige paper. Japanese characters are written vertically on the left side. The woman's head is tilted down and to the left.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1815
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
409 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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