Colour print of a woman wearing three layers of garment. Innermost layer in geometric pattern, middle layer in white, outer layer blue with padded hem. A brown obi round her waist. Straw sandals and a wide-brimmed hat. She is playing a stringed instrument which she supports in her left hand, the bow in her right hand. Japanese poem inscribed in top left; inscription at top right appears to show posthumous Buddhist name, age at death and date of death, presumably of the depicted woman. Ancestor portrait? Card mount. 380h x 270 w.
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