Gekkin

Medium

Wood, ivory, skin, silk strings

Dimensions

L. 26 in.; Diam. of body 14 in.

Classification

Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted

Culture & Period

Japanese · Edo

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.2089