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[Geishas giving a concert] – Vintage Wall Art

[Geishas giving a concert], [1803] — historic print
[Geishas giving a concert], [1803]. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Geisha gather for a musical performance in this color woodcut, with a shamisen, the three-stringed lute, at the center of the scene. The print is a two-page section of a book called *Kakuchū enpu*, which the Library of Congress dates to 1803 but places no earlier than 1806 in its printing history. Library staff devised the title, and the print appeared in the 2001 exhibition *The Floating World of Ukiyo-e*, which focused on the woodblock prints of Japanese city pleasure quarters and their performers.

Created / published[1803]
Medium1 print (2 pages) : woodcut, color.
Genreorganized by the Library of Congress, 2001.
NotesPage in: Kakuchū en[pu]. [Japan : s.n., not before 1806]. Title devised by Library staff. Date from The floating world of Ukiyo-e ..., p. 109. Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e : shadows, dreams, and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.], New York : Abrams in association with the Library of Congress, 2001, p. 109. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows
SubjectsJapanese--Music--Japan--1800-1810. Geishas--Japan--1800-1810. Musicians--Japan--1800-1810. Shamisens--Japan--1800-1810.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,646 × 4,584 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222085

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