Puppet
Puppet performances were also popular in private settings during the Edo period (1615–1868). Here, a woman plays the shamisen to accompany another woman who deploys a puppet carrying a tiny drum.
Detail, Puppeteer and Shamisen Player. By Tsukioka Settei (1710–1786). Japan, Edo period, 1772. Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk. Gift of Elizabeth Norcross, F1987.11