Kin (qin) zither

Unknown (Japanese) (workshop of)

Item type:

musical instrument or object

Height:

114.5 cm  (45 1/16 in.)

Width:

20.0 cm  (7 7/8 in.)

Description

Kin zither decorated with gold and silver hyōmon, including depictions of musicians playing genkan (ruan) lute and wind(?) instruments.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Qin [3684]
Ruan [3434]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 3

Bibliographic references

The north section, treasures of The SHOSO-IN. Imperial Household Agency, compiled by Shoso-in Office (Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publishing Company, 1987).

RIdIM record id

5037

Data provider

The Society of Music Iconography (SoMIcon)