Title: A Man in a Kneeling Posture Bending Forward and Listening to an Oiran who is Playing the Shamisen
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1705–7
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Okumura Masanobu 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1686–1764
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 9 15/32 x 13 1/4 in. (24.1 x 33.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Francis Lathrop Collection, Purchase, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1911
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Musical Instruments, term: Men, term: Women