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Koto musician

Koto musician

Beauty Playing A Koto.

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-15-2009

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• woman
• color
• music
• playing
• japanese
• japan
• beauty
• woodcut
• edo
• musician
• koto

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TITLE:  Koto o hiku kanjoTITLE TRANSLATION:  Beauty playing a koto. CALL NUMBER:  FP 2 - JPD, no. 583 (A size) [P&P]Restricted access; material extremely fragile; please use online digital image. REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-jpd-00608 (digital file from original print) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows a woman playing a koto. MEDIUM:  1 print : woodcut, color ; 29.7 x 13.9 cm. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [between 1764 and 1772] CREATOR: Kitao, Shigemasa, 1739-1820, artist. NOTES: Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban Benizurie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Beauty--Japan--1760-1780. Women--Japan--1760-1780. Musicians--Japan--1760-1780. Kotos (Japanese zither)--Japan--1760-1780. FORMAT: Ukiyo-e Japanese 1760-1780.Woodcuts Japanese Color 1760-1780. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original print) jpd 00608 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/jpd.00608 CONTROL #:  2009615576