Scholar playing a bamboo musical instrument

Unknown (Japanese)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

20th century

Height:

118.0 cm  (46 7/16 in.)

Width:

50.3 cm  (19 13/16 in.)

with mounting: 62 3/8 × 25 1/8 in. (158.5 × 63.8 cm); with rollers: 27 1/4 in. (69.2 cm)

Technique / Medium:

ink on paper

Place of creation:

Nihon [Japan] (日本国)

School:

Showa

Description

This item is a hanging scroll with the image of a seated man playing a shō on a hillside

Iconclass

48CC75
making music; musician with instrument - CC - out of doors
48CC7525
one person playing wind instrument - CC - out of doors

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Sho [4159]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Showa era (1926–89)

RIdIM record id

6139