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