Bijin and Shamisen
by Yoshimatsu Goseda (1855-1915)

	Artist:	Yoshimatsu Goseda (1855-1915)
	Title:	Bijin and Shamisen
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Self
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Self
	Medium (first edition):	Watercolour
	Medium (this edition):	Watercolour
	Format (first edition):	Not Set
	Format (this edition):	Not Set
	DB artwork code:	42369
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Thursday, 22 July 2010 More research and pics. I suspect that this was painted by Yoshimatsu Goseda (1855-1915), and at an earlier time. A bio of him, states that he painted with oils that appeared as watercolors. I think he may have also done watercolors? I had thought the frame was circa 1920-30, but could be 1910-20. Here are a two photographs of the painting and a close-up of the signature which are a much better representation than the scans. Assumably, they will support the adage "a picure is worth a thousand words".