Shamisen

Medium

Wood, catskin, rope, silk string, lacquer, red coral

Dimensions

L. 38 3/8 × D. 3 3/8 × Diam. of body 8 in. (97.4 × 8.6 × 20.3 cm) Weight: under 40 pounds

Classification

Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted

Culture

Japanese

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of the Estate of Mary Flagler Cary, 1969

Accession Number

69.271.2a, b