A Japanese woodblock print depicts a man wearing a kimono playing a shamisen behind a woman. The woman wears an orange kimono with black, blue, and white designs. Her kimono has a long train and she wears it wrapped around her body, with a long sash hanging down. Her hair is pulled back and adorned with ornaments. The man wears a smaller kimono wrapped around his body, and holds a shamisen behind the woman. The background of the print is beige with darker splotches. There are Japanese characters written vertically and horizontally throughout the image.
Artwork details
- Date:
- 1711–1785
- Medium:
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 280 × 624 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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