Lute (shamisen) and plectrum
before 1820
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniquePersimmon wood, shitan wood, cat skin, ivory
DimensionsLength 96 cm, width 19.4 cm, depth 8.8 cm (Length 37 13/16 in., width 7 5/8 in., depth 3 7/16 in.)
Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund and William Lindsey Fund, by exchange
Accession number1992.62a-b
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On viewClassificationsMusical instruments
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ProvenanceBy May 1820, Matsudaira, Lord of Shinano Province, present-day Nagano Prefecture, Japan. By 1992, sold by Hinata Antiques, Tokyo, Japan, to Tony Bingham, London, England; 1992, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 25, 1992)
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