Shamisen Player
Kitagawa Utamaro II 喜多川歌麿 二代目 (died 1831?)
late 18th-early 19th century
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1899.16
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Charles Lang Freer collectionEdo period (1615 - 1868)JapanJapanese Artcourtesankakemonomusicmusicianshamisenukiyo-e
About this artwork
Utamaro was one of the most prolific and talented artists of eighteenth-century Japan. His name is synonymous with evocative studies of women of the licensed brothel quarters. Approximately 1,900 woodblock print designs bear his name; his paintings are rarer. This painting was probably done in the final decade of the artist's life.