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Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami
The Chinese emperor Ming Huang and Yang Kuei-fei
A Picnic Party
Benten on a rock by the sea
A picnic party: musicians and attendants
A Private Puppet Performance
A festival at the Sumiyoshi Shrine
Boy Playing Flute
Woman with back to observer playing samisen
Interior scene of a party with geisha and clients
Dancing the Bon Odori
A Picnic Party
Woman playing Samisen
Genso Yokihi
Girl with a samisen standing beside a screen
Gaiety in a riverside tea-house
Five musicians playing drums
An actor in female dress stringing a samisen
Album of drawings of masks, faces and musical instruments
Preparatory drawing for a print in the series Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki
A Puppet-show: The Story of The Potted Trees
Descending Geese of the Koto
The Four Accomplishments
The Four Accomplishments
Yang Kuei-fei
Picture of a Sunday in Yokohama
Yujo reclining and reading a musical score
Puppeteer and shamisen player
Shamisen Player
Two sketches: lady playing samisen and lady with back to observer looks between open shoji
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