An Oiran Playing the Shamisen to a Young Man Kneeling by Her Side in Rapt Attention
Medium
Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions
10 1/4 x 14 11/16 in. (26 x 37.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
MJP33
Tags
Musical InstrumentsMenWomen
About the Artist
Okumura Masanobu · 1686–1764
Japanese, 1686–1764