Perspective picture of the twelve movements of a musical performance.

Print shows a long hall receding into the background for a perspective view, with eight women playing musical instruments arranged along the sides and in the rear is a woman playing a koto; in the foreground, outside the building, a women is carrying a lantern(?), another person is playing a flute (with a tiger-like tail extending from beneath the clothing), and a man or god crouches in the far right foreground.Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.Format: Horizontal Oban Nishikie.Restricted access; material extremely fragile; please use online digital image.Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress)