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Two Traveling Musicians
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Two travelling players. The man dances with a fan before his face, the woman, seen from behind, plays the shamisen. With four haiku poems. The style in which this print is executed suggests a much earlier period in Japanese art history. It is possible that the artist made this print after an older work from his collection, something he did quite often.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineTwee reizende muzikanten. c. 1825. Kita Busei. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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