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Woman with back to observer playing samisen by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 — VisualArtsDB

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Woman with back to observer playing samisen

Woman with back to observer playing samisen

Woman with back to observer playing samisen

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

1615

Medium: Ink on paper
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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womanJapanese ArtMusicShamisenEdo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)ArtCharles Lang Freer collection

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