Japanese Print "Biwa and Snake" by Unknown
Artist:Unknown
Title:Biwa and Snake
Date:Meiji (1891)
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Source:Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
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Description:
From a series of woodblock prints published by Matsushima Magokichi, based upon an album of paintings by Katsushika Hokusai and his students, a fabric-covered biwa musical instrument with a white snake. (The biwa is the chosen instrument of Benten, the White Snake Goddess of Japan's Shinto religion.)
