Standing woman with shamisen (stringed instrument) in her left hand and a plectrum in her right hand. Next to her is the chest in which the instrument is kept. With two poems. Leaf of a five-panel, depicting standing or sitting figures, under cherry blossom and against a curtain with along the bottom, the emblem of the Nogawa poetry society. When the cherry blossom is in full bloom, people still picnic under the trees in Japan. This is often accompanied by music and drink, Woman with Shamisen Vijfluik over het bewonderen van bloemen (series title) Hanami gobantsuzuki (series title on object

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