Title: Female Entertainer with a Koto
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: ca. 1785; inscription early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Painting by Utagawa Toyoharu 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1735–1814
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 25 11/16 × 13 3/8 in. (65.2 × 34 cm)
Overall with knobs: 60 1/2 × 20 7/16 in. (153.6 × 51.9 cm)
Overall with mounting: 60 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (153.6 × 47 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Fishbein-Bender Collection, Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2020
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Musical Instruments, term: Women