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    642 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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Results for "Shamisen"12 records

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Beauty Playing a Shamisen by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beauty Playing a Shamisen

Unrecorded maker

second quarter of the 17th century · Remounted section of a screen; ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Performing Beneath the Flowers by Tamura Suio, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Performing Beneath the Flowers

Tamura Suio

late 1600s–early 1700s · Painting, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk

Cleared · CC0

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Woman Playing on the Shamisen by Kubo Shunman, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman Playing on the Shamisen

Kubo Shunman (d. 1820)

probably 1815 · Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Geisha Standing Beside a Shamisen Case by Kitagawa Utamaro II, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Geisha Standing Beside a Shamisen Case

Kitagawa Utamaro II

c. 1810 · Print, color woodblock print

Cleared · CC0

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Bachi (Plectrum) Used in Playing Shamisen by Kubo Shunman, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bachi (Plectrum) Used in Playing Shamisen

Kubo Shunman (d. 1820)

19th century · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru by Chōbunsai Eishi, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru

Chōbunsai Eishi (d. 1829)

c. 1796–97 · Print, One of a pentaptych of color woodblock prints

Cleared · CC0

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A Geisha with a Shamisen by Kitagawa Kikumaro, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Geisha with a Shamisen

Kitagawa Kikumaro (d. 1830)

ca. 1815 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru by Chōbunsai Eishi, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru

Chōbunsai Eishi (d. 1829)

c. 1796–97 · Print, One of a pentaptych of color woodblock prints

Cleared · CC0

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Shamisen, Plectrum and a Book by Chōbunsai Eishi, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shamisen, Plectrum and a Book

Chōbunsai Eishi (d. 1829)

1829 · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru by Chōbunsai Eishi, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru

Chōbunsai Eishi (d. 1829)

c. 1796–97 · Print, One of a pentaptych of color woodblock prints

Cleared · CC0

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Young Lady Taking a Lesson on the Shamisen by Nishikawa Sukenobu, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Young Lady Taking a Lesson on the Shamisen

Nishikawa Sukenobu (d. 1750)

1868 · Woodblock print (hand-colored); ink and color on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru by Chōbunsai Eishi, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Party on the Pleasure Boat Kawaichimaru

Chōbunsai Eishi (d. 1829)

c. 1796–97 · Print, Pentaptych of woodblock prints

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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