Title: Beauty Playing a Shamisen
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: second quarter of the 17th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Remounted section of a screen; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 24 7/16 x 29 1/8 in. (62.1 x 74 cm)
Overall with mounting: 66 3/4 x 29 15/16 in. (169.5 x 76 cm)
Overall with rollers: 66 3/4 x 32 3/8 in. (169.5 x 82.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Musical Instruments, term: Women