Woman playing a koto

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Title

Woman playing a koto

Date

1875 - 1895

Content Genre

color prints (photographs)

Subject

Japan; stringed instruments (musical instruments); tea ceremonies

Notes

A woman posed as if playing koto (zither). Behind her are three other stringed instruments. To the extreme right of the koto is an arrangement of tea ceremony utensils.
A flower arrangement and hanging scroll are in the background.

Repository

Pitts Theology Library

Rights

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Citation

“Woman playing a koto,” East Asia, accessed April 25, 2025, https://eastasia.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/495.