Theater Scenes
In this detail from an eighteenth-century handscroll, a shamisen player, three vocalists, and a drummer (on kotsuzumi) accompany three dancers, while commoners watch from the periphery.
Theater Scenes. By Miyagawa Choshun (1683–1753). Japan, Edo period, 18th century. Handscroll; ink and color on silk. F1975.24.