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Woman Playing Shamisen at Night, from the series A Collection of Modern Beauties (Tôsei bijin soroe no uchi)
Artist Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880),
Publisher Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month