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Bijin Playing a Shakuhachi
by Ikeda Shoen (1884-1917)

	Artist:	Ikeda Shoen (1884-1917) — 池田蕉園
	Title:	Bijin Playing a Shakuhachi
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1909 (circa)
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Not Set
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Not Set
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	45051
	Notes (first edition)?:	This scene may be from the Ikeda series "Yaekasumi".
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Vintage Japanese Woodblock Print Geisha playing a flute. Here is a vintage Japanese print. I tried researching this one and was not able to find any information on it. I even contacted the Beard Art Galleries in Minneapolis Minnesota but there was a fire there in the 1980’s and they lost their records. It has wear and the colors are muted. The print itself measures 12 inches by 8 inches. It is mounted on a stiff cardboard 12 ¼ inches by 10 inches. It has a label on the back that reads The Beard Art Galleries Minneapolis 1604C.