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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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Step back in time with [Geishas giving a concert], a historic print rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A color woodcut of geishas giving a concert, this print shows musicians playing the shamisen, a three-stringed lute closely tied to entertainment districts in Edo-period Japan. It is a page from a book called *Kakuchū enpu*, which catalogers date no earlier than 1806, while the image itself is dated 1803 in the Library of Congress record. Prints like this belong to the ukiyo-e tradition, the "floating world" of theaters, teahouses, and pleasure quarters, where music was a prized social skill. Look closely at the patterned robes and the spare lines, which suggest the rhythm of a private performance.

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 scan3,685 × 4,598 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222086

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