Three women making music

Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
ca. 1794
Height:
25.4 cm  (10 in.)
Width:
20.0 cm  (7 7/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Place of creation:
Nihon [Japan] (日本国)

    Item location

  • Minneapolis Institute of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: P.75.51.39]Catalogue Raisonne: Torii Kiyonaga sakuhin sōmokuroku, Chiba, 2007, no. 202-3; Hirano, no. 953

Description

Two women are playing plucked string instruments, and the third woman is observing.

Iconclass

48C721
musician at work
48C732
strings instruments (plucked)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Koto [3668]
Shamisen [3451]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6079