Title: Female Chanter for Jōruri Puppet Theater
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: ca. 1920
Culture: Japan
Period: Taishō period (1912–26)
Artist:  Arai Kōu 
Artist bio: Japanese, active early 20th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions: Image: 75 1/2 × 42 1/2 in. (191.8 × 108 cm)
Overall with mounting: 116 1/4 × 51 5/8 in. (295.3 × 131.1 cm)
Overall with knobs: 116 1/4 × 55 5/8 in. (295.3 × 141.3 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2013
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Musical Instruments, term: Women, term: Puppets