An Oiran Playing the Shamisen to a Young Man Kneeling by Her Side in Rapt Attention

An Oiran Playing the Shamisen to a Young Man Kneeling by Her Side in Rapt Attention by Okumura Masanobu

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 · 16861764

Japanese, 1686–1764

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