Women Playing the Three Stringed Instruments (shamisen, koto, and kokyû), from an unidentified book

三曲（三味線、琴、胡弓）を弾く美人

Attributed to: Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper, with hand coloring added later

Dimensions Two pages; 16.8 x 24.7 cm (6 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Louis W. Black

Accession NumberRES.50.92

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Signed (this picture unsigned)
無款

InscriptionsPoem (at upper right): Shamisen no/ hiku oto takaki/ ...
三味線の弾く音高き。。。

Provenance1950, gift of Louis W. Black to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1950)