Composing A Song
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unknown / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
BB0EAPFile size:
181.3 MB (11.3 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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6600 x 9600 px | 55.9 x 81.3 cm | 22 x 32 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1850Location:
JapanMore information:
This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.
A song is written inspired by an art scroll adorning the room of this young musician. The Japanese woman here plays a three stringed banjo known in Japan as either a shamisen or a sanshin in front of a painted scroll of flowers. Ukiyo-e (浮世絵), "pictures of the floating world", is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the Tokugawa or Edo Period (1615-1868). They were mass produced and meant for mainly townsmen, who were generally not wealthy enough to afford an original painting. The original subject of ukiyo-e was city life, in particular activities and scenes from the entertainment district; featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre and pleasure quarters.
