End-blown Flute (Hitoyogiri)
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End-blown Flute (Hitoyogiri)

TitleEnd-blown Flute (Hitoyogiri)
Datelate 1800s 19th century
MediumLacquered bamboo with gold and silver maki-e (sprinkled powder designs)
ClassificationMusical Instrument
OriginJapan, Meiji period (1868–1912) Japan
Holding institutionThe Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit lineEnd-blown Flute (Hitoyogiri) (一節切), late 1800s. Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912). Lacquered bamboo with gold and silver maki-e (sprinkled powder designs); 33.5 x 2.6 cm (13 3/16 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Lyman, 1921.914
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“End-blown Flute (Hitoyogiri)” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated late 1800s. It is executed in lacquered bamboo with gold and silver maki-e (sprinkled powder designs) and classified as musical instrument. In this archive it sits within the historical scientific diagrams tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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