Koto Collection

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro and Nakamura Fukusuke in the Roles of Kato Kiyomasa... 19th century
The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro and Nakamura Fukusuke in the Roles of Kato Kiyomasa and Hinagoromo, 19th century

Woman Reading a Scroll, 17th century. Creators: Okumura Masanobu, Suzuki Harunobu
Woman Reading a Scroll, 17th century. Series: A Collection of Beauties

Picture of Koto, Game, and Painting, published in 1889. Creator: Mizuno Toshikata
Picture of Koto, Game, and Painting, published in 1889

Egawa Tarozaemon Playing the Koto, 1887. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Egawa Tarozaemon Playing the Koto, 1887. From Lives of Modern People

Yoshitsune's Encounter with Princess Joruri, from "The Tale of Joruri in Twelve... c. 1684/1704
Yoshitsune's Encounter with Princess Joruri, from "The Tale of Joruri in Twelve Episodes (Joruri Junidan Zoshi)", c. 1684/1704

Yoshitsune's Encounter with Princess Joruri, from "The Tale of Joruri in Twelve... c. 1684/1704
Yoshitsune's Encounter with Princess Joruri, from "The Tale of Joruri in Twelve Episodes (Joruri Junidan Zoshi)", c. 1684/1704

Courtesans of the Kadotsutaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure... 1776. Creator: Shunsho
Courtesans of the Kadotsutaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami), " vol. 1, Japan, 1776

Courtesans of the Tamaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami), " vol. 1, Japan, 1776

Koto and New Year's Offering, illustration for The Akoya Beach Shell (Akoyagai), from the... 1821. Creator: Hokusai
Koto and New Year's Offering, illustration for The Akoya Beach Shell (Akoyagai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)", Japan, 1821

Descending Geese of the Koto Bridges (Kotoji no rakugan), from the series "Eight Views... c. 1766
Descending Geese of the Koto Bridges (Kotoji no rakugan), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)", c. 1766

Descending Geese of the Koto Bridges (Kotoji no rakugan), from the series "Eight Views... c. 1766
Descending Geese of the Koto Bridges (Kotoji no rakugan), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)", c. 1766

Yoshitsune's Encouter with Princess Joruri, from "The Tale of Joruri in Twelve... c. 1684/1704
Yoshitsune's Encouter with Princess Joruri, from "The Tale of Joruri in Twelve Episodes (Joruri Junidan Zoshi)", c. 1684/1704

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Hata no Daizen Taketora in the play "Kisoeuta Sakae Komachi, ... 1762
The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Hata no Daizen Taketora in the play " Kisoeuta Sakae Komachi, " performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1762, 1762

Perspective Picture of a Large Room (Senjojiki uki-e no zu), 1765. Possibly a scene in the pleasure quarters, with a shamisen and koto in the foreground. Attributed to Ishikawa Toyonobu

Parody of The Book of Joruri, c. 1789/1801. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
Parody of The Book of Joruri, c. 1789/1801. Musicians playing the drum, flute, sho and koto

The Peacock Boat, c. 1795/96. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
The Peacock Boat, c. 1795/96. Women playing drum, sho, flute, koto and gong

The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, and Attendants Wakagi and Wakaba... c
The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, and Attendants Wakagi and Wakaba, from the series " A Comparison of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin awase)", c. 1796/97

Pleasures of the Seasons, c. 1700. Creator: Hishikawa Morohira
Pleasures of the Seasons, c. 1700. People enjoying a day out among blossoming cherry trees

Flower-Viewing Party with Crest-Bearing Curtain, from the series "Flower Viewing at
Flower-Viewing Party with Crest-Bearing Curtain, from the series " Flower Viewing at Ueno (Ueno hanami no tei)", c. 1681/84

Hotei seated on a sack playing a zither, from an untitled series of harimaze, Japan, c. 1830s

Parody of a scene from "The Pillow Book", Japan, c. 1793 / 97
Parody of a scene from " The Pillow Book", Japan, c. 1793/97

A picnic under cherry trees, c. 1755 / 64. Creator: Torii Kiyomitsu
A picnic under cherry trees, c. 1755/64

Koto (Kin), from an untitled series of the four accomplishments, c. 1772 / 75
Koto (Kin), from an untitled series of the four accomplishments, c. 1772/75

No. 1 (Sono ichi), from the triptych "Three Musical Instruments (Sankyoku)", c
No. 1 (Sono ichi), from the triptych " Three Musical Instruments (Sankyoku)", c. 1825

Komachi and the Stupa (Sotoba Komachi), from the series "Informal Parodies of
Komachi and the Stupa (Sotoba Komachi), from the series " Informal Parodies of the Seven Komachi in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro ryaku nana Komachi)", c. 1776/81

The Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga), ca. 1788-90. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
The Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga), ca. 1788-90

A View of the Pleasures of the Taiko and His Five Wives at Rakuto, 1804

A Merry Evening Party, ca. 1805. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
A Merry Evening Party, ca. 1805

Young Nobleman Playing Koto (Harp), 19th century. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Young Nobleman Playing Koto (Harp), 19th century

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

Koto (Japanese Harp) and Sho (Reed Organ), 19th century. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Koto (Japanese Harp) and Sho (Reed Organ), 19th century

Two Courtesans... late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Two Courtesans, One Playing a Koto (Harp) and The Other Reading a Letter, late 18th-early 19th century

Potted Pine Tree and Koto (Japanese Harp), 19th century. Creator: Ikeda Eisen
Potted Pine Tree and Koto (Japanese Harp), 19th century

Woman with Tea Set Playing the Koto, ca. 1860. Creator: Felice Beato
Woman with Tea Set Playing the Koto, ca. 1860

Women Playing Music, 19th century. Creator: Yanagawa Shigenobu
Women Playing Music, 19th century

Palindromic Poems (Kaibunka): Kyo, ca. 1768. ca. 1768. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
Palindromic Poems (Kaibunka): Kyo, ca. 1768

Woman Putting on Finger Plectrums to Play the Koto, early 19th century. Creator: Utagawa Toyohiro
Woman Putting on Finger Plectrums to Play the Koto, early 19th century. Edo period (1615-1868)

The Shinji-No-Ike Pond and wisteria, Kameido, Tokyo, Japan, 1895. Creator: Unknown
The Shinji-No-Ike Pond and wisteria, Kameido, Tokyo, Japan, 1895. Hanging plants and bridge over water at a garden in Tokyo

Kameido, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Kameido, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Japanese Koto, ancient stringed instrument

Blind Japanese musicians, 1864. Artist: M Jackson
Blind Japanese musicians, 1864. Men playing a long zither (koto) and a lute (possibly a samisen). A print from The Illustrated London News, 27th August 1864

Japanese music: women playing Koto and Samisen, Kobe, Japan

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