Earthenware Tiles with Japanese women playing musical instrumemts. Manufacturer: J. Wedgwood & Sons, Etruria, Staffordshire. c. 1875. British Museum MLA 1995, 7 & 8; MLA 1993, 11-8,3. According to the museum label, “One figure holds a drum (trustsumi) on her shoulder, another plucks a stringed instrument (shamisen), a third plays an instrument with a bow. The decoration is printed and coloured by hand.”
Photograph by George P. Landow. Courtesy the British Museum. You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the British Museum and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite it in a print one.]
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