Woman playing a koto

Title

Woman playing a koto

Publisher

Pitts Theology Library

Work Attributes

Date

1875 - 1895

Description

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.

Rights

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Subject

Japan; stringed instruments (musical instruments); tea ceremonies

Worktype

color prints (photographs)

Citation

“Woman playing a koto,” East Asia, accessed November 5, 2025, https://eastasia.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/495.

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