Zither 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

Feasting and musicians, 1290. Creator: Unknown
Feasting and musicians, 1290. Page from the Beaupre Antiphonary, vol. 2

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

Minamoto Yoshimitsu Instructing Toyohara Tokiaki in Music, 1879. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Minamoto Yoshimitsu Instructing Toyohara Tokiaki in Music, 1879. From A Mirror of Great Warriors of Japan

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

The Zither Player, 1876. Creator: Thomas Eakins
The Zither Player, 1876

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

Chinese lute p i-p a, moon guitar yue-chin and table zither tchin; detail of a painting on silk of the Ming dynasty (1330-1644). 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr

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

Mirror with Images of Purity and Immortality: Mount Penglai, Boya Playing the Qin (Zither), Lotus Pond, and Dancing Phoenix, Tang dynasty (618-907), 8th century

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

Scholar with Servant Holding a Qin, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1876. Creator: Unknown
Scholar with Servant Holding a Qin, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1876. Hand-held fan

Mounted traveler and servant bearing a zither, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Creator: Unknown
Mounted traveler and servant bearing a zither, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Formerly attributed to Wu Wei

Palace Ladies Tuning a Zither (qin), Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Creator: Unknown
Palace Ladies Tuning a Zither (qin), Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Traditionally attributed to Zhou Fang

Qin tuning key (qin zhenyao) with tiger and snake, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 5th century BCE

Zither, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888. 1888
Zither, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888

Dance Robe and Koto (Zither) Representing the Wealthy Man of Yahagi from the Joruri Play Ushiwaka (Minamoto no Yoshitsune), probably 1810

Musician playing Guqin (?? ), late 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Musician playing Guqin (?? ), late 18th century

Watercolour of musician playing bowed qin(?), late 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Watercolour of musician playing bowed qin(?), late 18th century

Playing the zither for a crane, mid-16th century. Creator: Unknown
Playing the zither for a crane, mid-16th century. a man plays music for his pet crane beneath a paulownia tree. Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

On a Rustic Bridge, Carrying a Zither (Yakyo hokin zu), 1814. Creator: Uragami Gyokudo
On a Rustic Bridge, Carrying a Zither (Yakyo hokin zu), 1814. Edo period (1615-1868)

Bo Ya Plays the Qin as Zhong Ziqi Listens, 1530s. Creator: Unknown
Bo Ya Plays the Qin as Zhong Ziqi Listens, 1530s. Bo Ya and Zhong Ziqi, scholars in the Liezi, a fourth-century Daoist text

The Musicians, 1899, (1965). Creator: Viktor Mihajlovic Vasnecov
The Musicians, 1899, (1965). Russian gusle-players. Painting in the the Perm State Art Gallery, Russia. From " Russian Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries" by Vladimir Fiala

Altarpiece of Santa Maria of Santes Creus, detail of an angel musician

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

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