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Lady Interrupting Her Lover, who is Playing the Shamisen by Nishikawa Sukenobu — VisualArtsDB

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Lady Interrupting Her Lover, who is Playing the Shamisen

Lady Interrupting Her Lover, who is Playing the Shamisen

Lady Interrupting Her Lover, who is Playing the Shamisen

Nishikawa Sukenobu

1671–1751

Medium: Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions: H. 10 3/16 in. (25.9 cm); W. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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