Japanese Print "Perspective picture of the twelve movements of a musical performance." by Utagawa Toyoharu

Japanese Print "Perspective picture of the twelve movements of a musical performance." by Utagawa Toyoharu, 歌川豊春 (Utagawa Toyoharu)

Artist:Utagawa Toyoharu

Title:Perspective picture of the twelve movements of a musical performance.

Date:[between 1772 and 1774]

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Source:Library of Congress
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Print shows a long hall receding into the background for a perspective view, with eight women playing musical instruments arranged along the sides and in the rear is a woman playing a koto; in the foreground, outside the building, a women is carrying a lantern(?), another person is playing a flute (with a tiger-like tail extending from beneath the clothing), and a man or god crouches in the far right foreground.

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