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Young Woman Playing the Shamisen
Young Woman Playing the Shamisen

Young Woman Playing the Shamisen

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
about 1804–06 (Bunka 1–3 )
Country of Origin, for CustomsJapan
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
DimensionsImage: 41.5 x 83 cm (16 5/16 x 32 11/16 in.)
Overall: 170 x 109 cm (66 15/16 x 42 15/16 in.)
Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession number11.4642
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ClassificationsPaintings
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InscriptionsPoems by Kon’ya Yasuzome, Sanpachi Ichinari, Yamabuki Tamaru, Nekkara Shirane, and Tsūyōtei 紺屋安染、三八市成、山吹多丸、根事良白音、通用亭ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum.
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