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Title
Two children playing the shamisen, Japan, ca. 1920-1940
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920/1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photographic postcard of two children playing the shamisen. The boy is siting in front holding the shamisen. The girl is sitting behind the boy holding his hands on the shamisen. The boy is looking straight ahead while the girl is looking down at the boy. There is a second shamisen on the ground to the left of the two children.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic postcard : b&w
8.5 x 13.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m62485 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Postcards-Japan-206
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m62485
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Postcards-Japan-206.jpg
Subject
Children
Musical instruments
Shamisen
Group portraits
Time Period
circa 1920/1940
Place
Asia
Japan
Source
MFB/Postcards/Japan/206 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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