Japonesices

Rafal Olbinski, Madame Butterfly, 2000 on Flickr.

Kate Bush, Music life magazine, 1978 on Flickr.

Chinatown My Chinatown, cover of sheet music, 1910 on Flickr.

Fujishima Takeji, Maiko and Drum from the series Beautiful Women and Music (Bijin to onkyoku) 1905

Found in the MFA.

Chinatown My Chinatown, cover of sheet music, 1910 on Flickr.

Puccini - Turandot poster on Flickr.

Chikanobu Toyohara, The Meiji Musical Entertainment, 1880s on Flickr.

Yoshitoshi, Mount Ji Ming Moon, 1886 on Flickr.

June 1886 —- Zi Fang was a hero of the wars that led to the establishment of the Han dynasty in China in the third century B.C. On the night before the battle of Ji Ming Mountain, he played melodies of the province of the opposing army so sweetly that they were demoralized. —- Image by © Asian Art & Archaeology, Inc./CORBIS