Print of a woman playing the samisen with a large plectrum.

Collection type: Object
Description: Print of a woman playing the samisen with a large plectrum.
Long description: Print, mounted and glazed (glass cracked). The print is of a woman wearing a blue kimono with reddish brown obi, raised geta sandals and a large circular hat attached under the chin. The woman is playing a lute or samisen with a large triangular plectrum. There is an inscription on the woman's left.
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Maker Yaganawa Shigenobu II; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Arthur Thomson
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1824-1860
Date collected: By 1898
Acquisition information: Purchased: 03/1898 Found unentered: 05/11/2007
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Material Ink, Process Printed
Dimensions: Width: max 162 mm of frame, Length: max 204 mm of frame
Object numbers: Accession number: 2007.85.1
Research and responses: The artists name is most likely Yaganawa Shigenobu II, a printmaker who was active c. 1824-60. [www.viewingjapaneseprints.net] [El.B 05/03/2008]

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