Hand Tinted Albumen of a Koto Player | Antique Japanese Photograph

Antique hand-tinted albumen photo of a woman playing the koto, a traditional Japanese instrument. Included on the back is a brief explanation about the koto. Albumen prints like this one were taken in black and white, with color added later by hand dyeing specific photo sections.

This image is taken from a "Brinkly Book" with a caption written by "Japanese Scholars".

[The koto is the most important of Japanese musical instruments, and proficiency in playing upon it is highly esteemed. The tones evoked have but little resonance, and the compositions are so peculiar as to be unintelligible to foreigners.]

• Hand-tinted albumen print
• Meiji Period (1868-1912)
• Image dimensions: 10.5" x 13.25" (length, width)
• SKU: P-AKotoPlayer