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Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman playing a koto while a kneeling woman in grey listens beside sliding screens and a plum branch.

Woman playing koto beside a kneeling listener, Japanese woodblock print

A standing woman in a red patterned kimono plays a long koto laid across the composition, while a kneeling woman in grey with green-patterned sleeves watches beside her. Sliding screens, a blossoming plum branch and a vase share the interior, and vertical Japanese text runs down the left margin of this color woodblock print.

Artist
Katsushika Hokusai (mentioned on object)
Date
1800-1805
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3039 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1805.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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