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Female Entertainer with Shamisen by Teisai Hokuba — VisualArtsDB

Female Entertainer with Shamisen

Female Entertainer with Shamisen

1800–1828

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 31 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (79.1 x 28.6 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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