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THE NETHERLANDS-AMSTERDAM-EXHIBITION-FRANS HALS

(240214) -- AMSTERDAM, Feb. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A visitor views Dutch painter Frans Hals's painting "The Lute Player" at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Feb. 13, 2024. The exhibition will be open to the public from February 16 to June 9. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)

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China-Cambodia intangible heritage exhibition enchants visitors

STORY: China-Cambodia intangible heritage exhibition enchants visitors SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 21, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:14 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): HENG CHEAN Y, Visitor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): KEO CHAN CHAIYUTH, Visitor STORYLINE: A China-Cambodia "Beauty of Intangible Heritage" exhibition kicked off in the Cambodian capital on Sunday, captivating hundreds of visitors. The 15-day exhibition showcased creative artworks including tea sets, book lights, bookmarks, and purple clay teapots painted with Bauhinia flowers, among others. At the opening ceremony, Chinese intangible cultural heritage inheritors presented the grand song of the Dong ethnic group to the audience, as Cambodian artists introduced Chapei Dang Veng, a long-necked, two-stringed lute. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): HENG CHEAN Y, Visitor "I really like Chinese intangible cultural heritage properties because I can gain insight into their culture, history,

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Shosoin treasure house exhibition in Nara

Photo shows a Biwa lute made of maple and decorated with mother-of-pearl inlay in the collection of Shosoin state repository, at a press event at Nara National Museum in the western Japan city of Nara on Oct. 27, 2023, before its annual public showing.

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CAMBODIA-SIEM REAP-ANGKOR-SANKRANTA FESTIVAL

(230414) -- SIEM REAP, April 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A large Chapei Dang Veng, the long-necked, two-stringed lute, is displayed at the Sankranta festival in Siem Reap province, Cambodia on April 14, 2023. Cambodia kicked off the three-day Sankranta festival, or the Khmer New Year celebration, at the famed Angkor Archeological Park on Friday. (Photo by Ly Lay/Xinhua)

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Biwa lute in Nara's depository

OSAKA, Japan - People look at a ''raden shitan no gogen biwa'' five-string lute in the collection of the Shosoin state repository during a press event at the Nara National Museum in Nara on Oct. 22, 2010, before the start of its first public showing in 19 years the following day.

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Biwa lute in Nara's depository

OSAKA, Japan - People look at a ''raden shitan no gogen biwa'' five-string lute in the collection of the Shosoin state repository during a press event at the Nara National Museum in Nara on Oct. 22, 2010, before the start of its first public showing in 19 years the following day.

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THAILAND-BANGKOK-CHINA-DOCUMENTARY-CULTURE-EXPERIENCE

(220810) -- BANGKOK, Aug. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People learn to play pipa, a four-stringed Chinese lute, at China Culture Center in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 9, 2022. Students of Kanlayanee school watched a documentary about Sanxingdui, and experienced traditional Chinese cultural activities at China Culture Center in Bangkok. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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Restoration (1995)

Polly Walker Characters: Celia Clemence Film: Restoration (1995) Director: Michael Hoffman 29 December 1995 Date: 29 December 1995

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Flamingo Road (1981)

Stella Stevens Characters: Lute-Mae Sanders Television: 'Flamingo Road' (1982) 01 May 1981 Date: 01 May 1981

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Flamingo Road (1981)

Stella Stevens Characters: Lute-Mae Sanders Television: 'Flamingo Road' (1981) 01 May 1981 Date: 01 May 1981

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I'Ll Never Forget What's'Isnam - film (1967)

Oliver Reed & Orson Welles Characters: Andrew Quint & Jonathan Lute Film: I'Ll Never Forget What'S'Isname; I'Ll Never Forget What'S His Name (1967) Director: Michael Winner 01 December 1967 I'll Never Forget What's His Name Year: 1968 Director: Michael Winner Oliver Reed Orson Welles Date: 01-Dec-67

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I'Ll Never Forget What's'Isnam - film (1967)

Orson Welles & Oliver Reed Characters: Jonathan Lute & Andrew Quint Film: I'Ll Never Forget What'S'Isname; I'Ll Never Forget What'S His Name (1967) Director: Michael Winner 01 December 1967 I'll Never Forget What's His Name Year: 1968 Director: Michael Winner Oliver Reed Orson Welles Date: 01-Dec-67

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Law And Order film (1953)

Alex Nicol & Ronald Reagan Poster Characters: Luther 'Lute' Johnson, Frame Johnson Film: Law And Order (1956) Director: Nathan Juran 01 May 1953 Date: 01-May-53

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Law And Order film (1953)

Alex Nicol & Ronald Reagan Characters: Luther 'Lute' Johnson & Frame Johnson Film: Law And Order (1953) Director: Nathan Juran 01 May 1953 Date: 01-May-53

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The Golden Coach film (1952)

Anna Magnani Characters: Camilla Film: The Golden Coach (1952) Director: Jean Renoir 27 February 1952 Date: 27-Feb-52

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Children dancing

A group of five children in spring like attire dance and play instruments. Date: c.1925

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Children dancing

A group of five children wearing matching lilac spring time outfits dance, skip and play musical instruments. Date: c.1925

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Japanese lute player starts pilgrimage of 88 temples

Gessui Kuroda plays a Japanese lute at Okubo Temple in the southwestern Japan city of Sanuki on July 13, 2016, at the start of her pilgrimage to 88 temples in Shikoku, one of Japan's main islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China, S. Korea musicians pose after joint N.Y. performance

Mayumi Miyata (L) from Japan with the "sho" mouth organ, Jin Hi Kim from South Korea, player of the zither-like "komungo" instrument, and Wu Man from China with the "pipa" lute pose after their joint concert in New York on Feb. 7, 2015. The concert was organized by "Music from Japan," a nonprofit organization introducing Japanese music in the U.S., as part of the NPO's 40th anniversary of activities to help improve Japan's strained relations with the two Asian neighbors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Biwa" lute among national treasure house hoard to be displayed

A Japanese "biwa" lute is among important cultural artifacts from the Shoso-in Repository in the city of Nara, western Japan, displayed to the press on Oct. 23, 2015, the day before the start of the 67th annual exhibition of items from the national treasure house built in the eighth century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Priests

A picture from the April 29, 1872 edition of The Far East . The explanation is Amasan , but it is probably Anmasan or massage man. The text says a massage man holds a cane in one hand and a lute in the other and walks on the road day and night .==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number17‐36‐0]

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Practicing the koto and shamisen

One can almost hear the sounds of the shamisen lute and koto harp being tuned. The people of the Meiji Period heard these sounds frequently in their living environment. This trio may be rehearsing for a recital in an annex guest room.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐84‐0]

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A woman playing the shamisen,and a box brazier

A brazier and bed items are visible. A set has probably been made to look like a room in a traditional row house. The shoji screen on the left is artificial. The set gives the impression that the woman is tuning her shamisen lute.==Date:about 1870, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐64‐0]

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A girl dancing to the shamisen

A dance performed to the accompaniment of a shamisen lute. There are Hanayanagi, Fujima and other schools of traditional Japanese dance. The women seem to be sisters. The younger is wearing a coat for outings. The older sister is wearing an apron for household activities. A koto harp is placed against the wall.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number95‐24‐0]

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A woman writing a letter,and whispering girls

The woman on the left is writing a letter, and the woman in the centre is reading either a letter or a book. A girl is whispering something into the ear of the woman sitting on the right. A shamisen lute is placed against the alcove. Chrysanthemums are arranged in the big vase.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number95‐23‐0]

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A woman holding a shamisen

The caption says musician. This woman is actually a singer standing with a shamisen lute in front of a partition with plant illustrations.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐37‐0]

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A mother and her daughter holding shamisens

A mother is holding a shamisen lute vertically in one hand and a plectrum in the other. Her daughter is sitting with her hands inside her sleeves. A lesson book is open, and a tobacco tray lies on the mat. A scroll is hanging on the wall behind. The setting is artificial.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐26‐0]

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Oirans (courtesans) and palanquins

An oiran (courtesan) walking in formal style with attendants was called an oiran procession. The procession included a novice courtesan, child attendant and chaperone as well as male attendants carrying bed items, a shamisen lute and drums.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐11‐0]

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A girl dancing to the shamisen

A young woman has finished dancing to music performed by her master on the left. A scroll is hanging in the alcove, flowers are arranged in a vase, and a gekkin (moon lute) is placed against the door behind. The fusuma door is a divider between two rooms.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐41‐0]

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Women warming themselves at a kotatsu

Geisha sit in a kotatsu heater and practice songs on a shamisen lute. Since no pick is being used, this is a sansen or jamisen. The sansen is a musical instrument of the Okinawa and Amami area and is slightly smaller than the shamisen.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐47‐0]

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Girls playing the shamisen

Two young women have red lips and red and floral hairpins. One of them is playing the shamisen lute, and the other is turning the pages of a book. The floral hairpins and comb of the woman on the left are made of tortoiseshell.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number91‐43‐0]

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Shamisen practice

A woman is practicing an indigenous song or ballad accompanied by shamisen lute. The alcove behind is not real.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐20‐0]

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Geisha holding pipes

Two geisha wear their hair in marumage style with kanzashi hairpins. This is a room on the second floor of a house, with a chest of drawers on the right. The geisha on the left is holding a long tobacco pipe. A tobacco tray is placed at her knee, and a shamisen lute is leaning on the handrail. The background scene is a painting on a studio curtain. The carpet on the floor is also a prop.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐19‐0]

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A woman drinking sake

A middle aged woman is drinking sake alone. There is food on the dishes on the floor. The shamisen lute indicates that she is a geisha. A tobacco pipe is also visible by the instrument.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐11‐0]

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A family at a party

A farming family participates in a studio photograph. A mat is spread on the floor and farming tools are placed against the wall on the left. The man on the left is playing a shamisen lute. Next to him is the mother holding a baby and next to her is the father-in-law. The woman in the middle might be a neighbor who is skilled at entertainment. Her hair is in marumage style with floral hairpins, and she is wearing a half sleeved kimono. Next to her are the granddaughter, mother in-law, grandson and father. The photograph reveals the customs of the mid to late Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐13‐0]

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Four women playing with a rope (a hanging fox)

Four women are engaged in a string game called tsurigitsune. The woman on the right is playing a musical instrument. Flowers are arranged on the alcove, and a gekkin (moon lute) is hanging on the wall.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number89‐15‐0]

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Women serving guests

The colouring is poor, especially that applied to the kimono of the woman on the right. The scroll on the wall and sliding doors indicate that this was taken inside. Since there is a gekkin (moon lute), the location may be a house in Nagasaki.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number89‐16‐0]

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Women dancing to the shamisen and koto

We can almost hear the sounds of the shamisen lute and taiko drums. The water lily arranged in the alcove suggests that the season is early spring. The rising sun on the fan indicates a national holiday. An ichimatsu doll is placed on the shelf. This was taken in a living room.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐36‐0]

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Shamisen practice

A woman is receiving a lesson on shamisen lute from a master. She wears a red floral hairpin and is trying her best to play. Tea and sweets are waiting. A byobu screen is visible behind them. A flower is arranged in a porcelain vase on the table.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐41‐0]

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Shamisen practice

Women pose in kimono. They have a vacant expression on their faces, perhaps because of the superstition that photographs steal the soul. The woman in front is playing a shamisen lute, while the woman on the right is reading a book. A set of tea cups are on the tatami, and a bamboo basket on the pillar. The setting was likely planned by the photographer.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐35‐0]

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Practicing the koto and shamisen

Three women sit in front of a koto. The women on both sides hold a shamisen lute. The woman in the middle might play the koto or sing, because she is holding a fan. A fan is visible beside the koto. This is a photograph of an outdoor performance.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐96‐0]

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Women on a leisure boat

The kawabune (river boat) was a means of river transportation. The roofed boats were used as pleasure boats providing entertainment. A person is playing a shamisen lute on the roof, advertising the fact that this kind of entertainment was offered inside the boat.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐85‐0]

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A girl dancing to the shamisen

Two young women wearing long-sleeved kimono are practicing Japanese dancing. The woman on the right raises a fan while the other woman plucks a shamisen lute. This photograph is artificially coloured and framed.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐65‐0]

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Shamisen and tsutsumi ensemble

Three young women play shamisen lute and a drum in a practice room. The shamisen lute is played with a large plectrum and the drum with wooden sticks.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐58‐0]

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Women relaxing on a veranda

Four geisha are relaxing on the engawa porch of a guest room with windows, looking at the garden. The woman on the left has her hair arranged in marumage style with floral hairpins and her striped sash tied in chidori-musubi fashion. She is holding a shamisen lute. The slightly elderly woman next to her is wearing black lacquer clogs with high supports. Next to her is an apprentice geisha, and the woman on the far right wears a brightly coloured kimono. A reed chair is visible on the right. Taken in the late Meiji or Taisho Period.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number77‐49‐0]

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A woman looking at a picture book

A long box heater, copper medicine can and a tea set are visible. A shamisen lute and photograph books are scattered about on the tatami mats. The young woman is wearing a dark chirimen crepe coat and her hair is wrapped in a red cloth. She still has tucked-in kimono shoulders (to be let out when she gets taller) and a baby face.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number77‐34‐0]

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Practicing the koto and shamisen

Three women sit in front of a koto. The women on both sides hold a shamisen lute. The woman in the middle might play the koto or sing, because she is holding a fan. A fan is visible beside the koto. This is a photograph of an outdoor performance.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number76‐34‐0]

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An actor holding a broken shamisen

The prop in the rear depicts the bank of the Okawa River. The man is a street musician singing and playing a shamisen lute, but he finds that his instrument is broken. He seems to be saying, Now I can't do my job. He puts the lantern on the ground and looks miserable.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐21‐0]

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A woman playing the shamisen

A woman is plucking a shamisen lute in a small room. This setting is artificial.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐74‐0]

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Practicing traditional songs

The woman is practicing songs and accompanying herself on a shamisen (three-stringed lute). The hair style with tortoiseshell hairpins and the look of her kimono collar suggest that she is a geisha (entertainer). The bonsai potted plants on each side are props.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐51‐0]