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三味線弾きそうな美人 （複製）
Shamisen Player Adjusting Her Hair
三味線弾きそうな美人 （複製）
After: Yanagawa Shigenobu I (Japanese, 1787–1832)
Falsely attributed to: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Falsely attributed to: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Meiji-era copy of Edo-period design
1890s copy of 1825 design
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.9 x 17.9 cm (8 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession NumberRES.53.132
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, List of surimono copies in square format, #135; a copy of the original by Shigenobu: Rijksmuseum, The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #3
DescriptionGroup B copy, based on a design by Shigenobu of three female musicians in horizontal format, originally issued by the Yomogawa poetry club in 1825.
Signed
Hokusai ga
北斎画
北斎画
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)