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Biwa Collection

Background imageBiwa Collection: Biwa Lake, 1865. Creator: Unknown

Biwa Lake, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Biwa Lake, 1865

Background imageBiwa Collection: View of Biwa Lake, 1865. Creator: Unknown

View of Biwa Lake, 1865. Creator: Unknown
View of Biwa Lake, 1865

Background imageBiwa Collection: Benzaiten playing a biwa, 19th century. Creator: Anonymous

Benzaiten playing a biwa, 19th century. Creator: Anonymous
Benzaiten playing a biwa, 19th century. Private Collection

Background imageBiwa Collection: Benzaiten playing a biwa, ca 1400. Creator: Anonymous

Benzaiten playing a biwa, ca 1400. Creator: Anonymous
Benzaiten playing a biwa, ca 1400. Private Collection

Background imageBiwa Collection: The Goddess Benten Holding a Biwa and a Young Man Holding a Shoulder Drum... late 1780s

The Goddess Benten Holding a Biwa and a Young Man Holding a Shoulder Drum... late 1780s. Creator: Shunsho
The Goddess Benten Holding a Biwa and a Young Man Holding a Shoulder Drum, from the series "Comparing the Smiles of the Lucky Gods (Fukujin egao kurabe)", Japan, late 1780s

Background imageBiwa Collection: The Goddess Benten Holding a Biwa and a Young Man Holding a Shoulder Drum... late 1780s

The Goddess Benten Holding a Biwa and a Young Man Holding a Shoulder Drum... late 1780s. Creator: Shunsho
The Goddess Benten Holding a Biwa and a Young Man Holding a Shoulder Drum, from the series "Comparing the Smiles of the Lucky Gods (Fukujin egao kurabe)", Japan, late 1780s

Background imageBiwa Collection: Sarasvati, 1878 / 80. Creator: Unknown

Sarasvati, 1878 / 80. Creator: Unknown
Sarasvati, 1878/80

Background imageBiwa Collection: Murasaki Shikibu, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1784. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga

Murasaki Shikibu, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1784. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga
Murasaki Shikibu, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1784. The author sits on a balcony in Ishiyama where she is said to have written the classic romance " Genji Monogatari" (Tale of Genji)

Background imageBiwa Collection: Plums and Biwa, 1860s. Creator: Tanomura Shosai

Plums and Biwa, 1860s. Creator: Tanomura Shosai
Plums and Biwa, 1860s

Background imageBiwa Collection: Two Ladies; One is Playing the Biwa (Japanese Lute) and the Other, the Koto

Two Ladies; One is Playing the Biwa (Japanese Lute) and the Other, the Koto (Japanese Harp), probably 1815

Background imageBiwa Collection: Benten on a rock by the sea, Edo period, (18th century?). Creator: Unknown

Benten on a rock by the sea, Edo period, (18th century?). Creator: Unknown
Benten on a rock by the sea, Edo period, (18th century?)

Background imageBiwa Collection: Benten (Sarasvati) seated on a rock, Edo period, mid 17th-early 18th century

Benten (Sarasvati) seated on a rock, Edo period, mid 17th-early 18th century. Creator: Kano Yoboku Tsunenobu
Benten (Sarasvati) seated on a rock, Edo period, mid 17th-early 18th century. The goddess Benten playing a type of lute called a biwa

Background imageBiwa Collection: Biwa with Brocade Cover, from the series Musical Instruments, probably 1808

Biwa with Brocade Cover, from the series Musical Instruments, probably 1808

Background imageBiwa Collection: Looking east from Mildera temple over Otsu and lake Biwa, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Looking east from Mildera temple over Otsu and lake Biwa, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking east from Mildera temple over Otsu and lake Biwa, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Notes of Travel


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