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Number One: Woman Tuning a Shamisen
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Number One: Woman Tuning a Shamisen

Yashima Gakutei · c. 1825 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Woman in kneeling position on the floor, tuning the shamisen (Japanese string instrument). In front of her lie two song books on the floor. She sits in a room in front of a screen decorated with pine branches. This is the right sheet of a triptych. With two poems.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineNummer één: Vrouw die shamisen stemt. c. 1825. Yashima Gakutei. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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