Table Zither Called Koto - Japan - Meiji Period (1868-1910)

Name: Table Zither Called Koto - Japan - Meiji Period (1868-1910)
SKU: 1699780
Price: 3880 EUR
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Object description :

"Table Zither Called Koto - Japan - Meiji Period (1868-1910)"

TABLE ZITHER known as Koto
Japan
Meiji period (1868–1910)
Wood and bone
H: 9; W: 11.5; L: 60.5 cm
(slight damage)

Traditional plucked string instrument, shaped like a long, slightly convex soundboard, strung with thirteen playing strings and resting on two pairs of legs.

It is made of wood, decorated with geometric inlay work and gilded foliage, arranged around several ‘Maru ni tsuta’, the main crest of the Ishikawa clan of Iwa-mura and the Tô-Dô clan of Hisa-i, depicting an ivy leaf in a circle.

Illustrative photograph © Japan, Young girl playing the Japanese koto, 1894, Musée du Quai Branly.

Text and photos © FCP CORIDON

Price: 3 880 €