34 Shamisens Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Toyonobu Ishikawa - [Two musicians seated on a bench, wearing geta]

Print shows a man and a woman sitting on a bench, playing a shamisen. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Utagawa Toyokuni - Ichikawa monnosuke no yaoya oshichi

Print shows actor Ichikawa Monnosuke, wearing distinctive star-burst kimono, seated on the floor playing a shamisen in the role of Yaoya Oshichi, the greengrocer's daughter. Title and other descriptive informat... More

Itsutomi, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, turned slightly to the left, a shamisen at her feet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From ... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese woman singer with a shamisen, a priest...

Captions on front of item: "Street singing girls" (upper left); "Japanese "Bonzan" or priest" (upper right); "Japanese girl in outdoor costume" (lower left); and "Ordinary Japanese girl" (lower right). Caption... More

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Onoe kikugorō [to] nakamura kiyosaburō

Print shows actors Onoe Kikugorō and Nakamura Kiyosaburō, wearing geta, portraying street musicians. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. A... More

Kage e. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows two geishas entertaining a man, one is making shadow puppets and the other is playing a shamisen.

Shi-yosiwara edochō Kinpeirō - Public domain drawing

Print shows several women, in a large room, playing shamisens and a koto. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 section... More

Sannin no yakusha - A painting of a group of women with umbrellas

Print shows three actors, two playing shamisens and one with a teapot or sake pot, two are in the roles of women.

Oshun denbei horikawa no dan - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows the young emperor Horikawa playing a shamisen, sitting on large sheets of text. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the s... More

Nanohana ni chō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a woman seated with shamisen and pages of text, looking out window at a butterfly on rape blossoms, possibly composing poems for her lover. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichib... More

[A shamisen] - Public domain drawing

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Nov. 1878. From the "Music" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawi... More

Shi-yosiwara edochō Kinpeirō - Public domain drawing

Print shows several women, in a large room, playing shamisens and a koto. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 section... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese people picnicing and eating, officers fe...

Captions on front of item: "A picnic group" (upper left); "Japanese supper" (upper right)"; "Japanese officers fencing" (lower left); and "Music girls" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "A picnic group... More

Darling of the gods - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

G6558 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Campbell, Metzger & J... More

[Geishas giving a concert] - Public domain dedication image

Ukiyo-e print illustration shows geishas playing the shamisen and the kokyū as a matron provides candlelight and another geisha serves tea. Page in: Kakuchū en[pu]. [Japan : s.n., not before 1806]. Date from T... More

[Geishas giving a concert] - Public domain dedication image

Ukiyo-e print illustration shows geishas playing the shamisen and the kokyū as a matron provides candlelight and another geisha serves tea. Page in: Kakuchū en[pu]. [Japan : s.n., not before 1806]. Date from T... More

Shi-yosiwara edochō Kinpeirō - Public domain image related to music pr...

Print shows several women, in a large room, playing shamisens and a koto. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 section... More

Hotaru - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows five women and a man on a veranda extending above a pool, eating and drinking, playing music, and catching fireflies (a shamisen and an insect cage are in the foreground on the veranda).

Hotaru - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows five women and a man on a veranda extending above a pool, eating and drinking, playing music, and catching fireflies (a shamisen and an insect cage are in the foreground on the veranda).

Moronobu utsushi torioi zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows two female street musicians wearing kimonos, geta, and large hats, and playing shamisens. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Komurasaki no hanashi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a courtesan playing a shamisen. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Meigi sanjū rokkasen : Famous 36 courte... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese broom vendor, a naval officer, a woman...

Captions on front of item: "A traveling vendor of brooms" (upper left); "Japanese naval officer" (upper right); "A Yokohma belle" (lower left); and "Street singer" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "72.... More

[A shamisen] - Public domain drawing

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Nov. 1878. From the "Music" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawi... More

Portrait photo of Oyouaku San (?) and her samisen

Japanese woman seated on floor holding a three-stringed Japanese instrument.

[Portraits of Beato's Japanese artists working, women singing and play...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Hotaru - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows five women and a man on a veranda extending above a pool, eating and drinking, playing music, and catching fireflies (a shamisen and an insect cage are in the foreground on the veranda).

Urashima tarō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a man (the fisherman) dancing wearing a kerchief and a skirt with a turtle motif, and a woman playing a shamisen; a fishing pole and the gift box containing time are in the background. Title and oth... More

[Portraits of Japanese guards, a woman washing herself, a prisoner wit...

Captions on front of item: "Japanese guardhouse men" (upper left); "A Japanese girl at toilet" (upper right); "Japanese prisoner and police examiner" (lower left); and "A Japanese girl and the universal guitar... More

Igirisujin yūkō Yokohama odori - Public domain Japanese woodblock prin...

Japanese print shows an Englishman dancing while a Japanese woman plays the shamisen, Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. Annotation in pencil on mount: Englishman dancing in Yokohama.... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese women singing with shamisen, a girl bein...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Chikurin no kabe no mae no shichikenjin

Print shows seven women portraying the seven sages of the bamboo grove, sitting together with musical instruments (shamisen, koto, and recorder), tobacco pipes, and a scroll. Title and other descriptive informa... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Ichikawa ebijūrō no sangobei

Print shows actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō, full-length, seated on floor with shamisen at his feet, holding a fan in right hand, in the role of Sasano Sangobei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Shi-yosiwara edochō Kinpeirō - Public domain image related to music pr...

Print shows several women, in a large room, playing shamisens and a koto. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 section... More

[Street musician]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows a young woman, full-length, standing, facing left, playing a shamisen and singing. This is a detail of a photograph taken by Felice Beato showing three street musicians. Inscribed in pencil on... More

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