KOTO (琴)



1904


[Playing Music]
 
Print Date: 1904
Artist: Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀)
Series:  [Today's Elegant Manners and Customs] Tôsei Fûryû Tsû (当世風流通)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

               

1938


                   
Court Musicians, Korea

Print Date: 1938
Artist: Elizabeth Keith
Medium: color etching
Image courtesy of Hanga.com
 
 

    


1949

                   
Koto Musician

Print Date: 1949
Artist: Katô Shinmei (加藤晨明)
*Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 



2021


[Music Performance] Gassô (合奏)
Ex Libris 婉仪珍 [Wân Yízhên]
 
Print Date: 02/2021
Artist: Hamanishi Katsunori (浜西勝則)
Series: The Tale of Genji
Medium: Mezzotint with gold power
Courtesy of http://www.k-hama24.com
 
 
 

               

UNKNOWN DATES

                   
Koto-und Shamisenspielerin (Koto and Shamisen Players)

Print Date: ? (c. 1920s)
Artist: Ferdinand Michel
Medium: Colored etching




[Ancient Musical Instruments: [Zither] Sou (箏); [Drum] Daiko (大鼓); and  [Flute] Ritsubue (律笛)]
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: Takeshita Kin-u (竹下金烏)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

 
 



                                     
                    [Princess and Music Performance]

                    Print Date: ?
                    Artist: Tomioka Eisen (富岡永洗)
                    Image courtesy of Artelino.com

                    Note: It is possible that this print was made prior to 1900.
                    The print has been attributed to Eisen by the dealer but I
                    have not been able to confirm this.
 
 
 

 
 



[Koto Player]

Print Date: ?
Artist: Yurimoto Keiko (由里本景子)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 



               



[Koto Player]

Print Date: ?
Artist: Yurimoto Keiko (由里本景子)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: Color variant
 
 





[Koto Player aka Playing the Koto]

Print Date: ?
Artist: Yurimoto Keiko (由里本景子)
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art
 
Note: Color variant