Title: Ladies in Waiting of the Chiyoda Castle: Sword Practice and Puppet Kyōgen
Object type: Print
Date: 1895
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1838–1912
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Triptych from an album of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. (23.5 x 35.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. W. Walton Butterworth, 1979
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Musical Instruments, term: Women, term: Musicians, term: Puppets