Shamisen Collection (page 4)

Female Chanter for Joruri Puppet Theater, ca. 1920. Creator: Arai Kou
Female Chanter for Joruri Puppet Theater, ca. 1920

Three Beauties, 18th century. Creator: Nishikawa Sukenobu
Three Beauties, 18th century

Home Again, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Home Again, 1898. Self portrait of the German artist Christian Wilhelm Allers (1857-1915) in his villa at Capri off the Italian coast, surrounded by half-unpacked luggage and souvenirs

Woman playing the shamisen, Mentaki Falls, Kobe, Japan, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Woman playing the shamisen, Mentaki Falls, Kobe, Japan, 1898. A Japanese waitress in a kimono playing the traditional stringed instrument at the Nunobiki Falls

Musicians, 1793, (1924). Creator: Takehara Shunchosai
Musicians, 1793, (1924). From the " Toba-Ye Akubi-Dome", caricatures by Takahara Shunchosai, 3 volumes, [1793]. From " Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan"

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

The Indispensible Geisha, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
The Indispensible Geisha, 1910. Geisha sitting with shamisen. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Geisha girls, Japan, early 20th century(?)
Geisha girls, Japan. A group of geishas in traditional costume, two of them playing the shamisen, a form of banjo

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 musicians

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

Two demons, fettered, 15th century. Artist: Iranian master
Two demons, fettered, 15th century. Found in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C

A Girl Playing a Shamisen, Second Half of the 17th cen Artist: Anonymous
A Girl Playing a Shamisen, Second Half of the 17th cen.. Found in the collection of the Honolulu Academy of Arts

Musical Party, c1690. Artist: Hishikawa Moronobu
Musical Party, c1690

Ichikawa Danjuro Fifth as Kyo no Jiro in Disguise as Dekuroku byoe the Stree Puppet-sh... ca. 1788
Ichikawa Danjuro Fifth as Kyo no Jiro in Disguise as Dekuroku byoe the Stree Puppet-showman, ca. 1788

An Oiran in Night Attire, pausing, with one Hand on the Screen that Surrounds Her Bed, ca. 1770

Scene from a Shosa Act, ca. 1788. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga
Scene from a Shosa Act, ca. 1788

Onoe Matsusuke I as an Oiran Stands at the Left, Talking to Nakamura Nakazo I as a Samurai, ca. 1788

Trio, Part Three, 1786-1868. Creator: Gakutei
Trio, Part Three, 1786-1868

Instruments and Stand for Music, 19th century. 19th century. Creator: Shinsai
Instruments and Stand for Music, 19th century

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