Kitagawa Tsukimaro, Japan, ca. 1810Estamp , ink and polychrome on oban tate-e paper from the series: The climax of the Niwaka festival in the pleasure district (Yoshiwara) Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi (yû). The plate: Tsuki, yuki, hana, sato no niwaka. A young courtesan stands and plays the tsuzumi while another crouches and imitates a shamisen player. Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei.