Woman playing the shamisen (modern-day version of poet Ono no Komachi)

Artist:
Utamaro, Kitagawa
Date Made:
June 1806
Classification:
Print
Country:
Japan
Artist birth Date:
1753
Artist death Date:
1806
Dimensions:
14 x 9 1/8 in.
Materials:
Full color woodblock printing
Accession Number:
1919.300
Full BAMPFA credit line:
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of William Dallam Armes
Century:
19 CE

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Utamaro, KitagawaWomen weaving silk on looms(1800)

Utamaro, KitagawaHana no nusutto (Stealing Flowers)(1800)

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