Young Woman Playing a Koto
Artist
Toyohara Chikanobu
(Japanese, 1838–1912)
DateAugust 20, 1897
Mediumink and color on paper
DimensionsOban: 35.8 × 23.5 cm (14 1/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineHarriet B. Bancroft Fund
Object number2000.85
DescriptionThe print belongs to a series of 36 prints depicting a variety of girls and women in both modern and traditional costumes, holding objects or pursuing elegant pastimes. See: Bruce A. Coates, Chikanobu: Modernity and Nostalgia in Japanese Prints, Hotei Publishing, 2006
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Toyohara Chikanobu
printed and published 1887
Toyohara Chikanobu
March 5, 1897
