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Woman with a Shamisen
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Woman with a Shamisen

Kikugawa Eizan · 1808-05 · color woodcut; paper

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

About this work

Bust portrait of a woman tuning a shamisen; in the top right a square cartouche with an image of the poet Yamabe no Akihito (eighth century) against a yellow background.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printwriter, poet, author
Credit lineVrouw met shamisen. 1808-05. Kikugawa Eizan. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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