Sujet
Composing A Song 1850
Légende
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 (???), "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.
Date
1850
Crédit
Photo12/Universal History Archive/UIG
Notre référence
UMG20A25_492
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
181,3Mo (5,9Mo) / 55,9cm x 81,3cm / 6600 x 9600 (300dpi)