Comments - Attractive triptych depicting a sankyoku or "three instrument" ensemble, featuring three beauties playing the kokyu, shamisen, and koto. The beauty at left plays the kokyu, an instrument similar to the shamisen but played upright with a bow. Her companion in the center plucks a shamisen, while the courtesan at right performs on the koto. She wears a blue violet outer kimono patterned with a hagoromo or feathered robe, a subject from Noh theater. The room overlooks the teahouses near the waterfront with the harbor beyond, and the modern Tsukiji Hotel built to house foreigners at right. A handsome design, beautifully detailed with embossing in the white kimono trim and the strings of the bow.

Artist - Yoshitora (active circa 1840 - 1880)

Image Size - 14" x 28 1/4" + top margin as shown

Condition - This print with excellent color and detail as shown. Three attached panels, backed with paper. A few small holes, repaired. Slight creasing and soiling, a few small spots. Please see photos for details. Good overall.