A woman playing a lute (biwa)

Yashima Gakutei
Japan
1786? – 1868

A woman playing a lute (biwa)
A set of five prints for the Hisakataya poetry circle (Hisakataya goban tsuzuki)'
c 1827
woodblock print, ink and colour on paper
Place made
Edo (Tokyo)
Medium
woodblock print, ink and colour on paper
Dimensions
20.9 x 18.5 cm (image & sheet)
Credit line
Gift of Brian and Barbara Crisp in memory of their son Andrew 2005
Accession number
20054G22
Signature and date
Signed in block, l.l., "Gakuteihitsu [in Japanese characters]". Not dated
Media category
Print
Collection area
Asian art - Japan