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Satsuma Biwa (薩摩琵琶)

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Satsuma Biwa (薩摩琵琶)

Unknown Artist

ca. 1800

Medium

Wood, mother-of-pearl and ivory

Dimensions

35 × 12 1/8 × 11 1/2 in. (88.9 × 30.8 × 29.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1968

Classification

Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted

Department

Musical Instruments

Culture

Japanese

Rights

Public Domain

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