Biwa
Object type: Biwa
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Wakamura workshop
Artist role: Maker
Date: ca. 1891
Medium: Wood, lacquer, gold, white coral?, leather, ivory
Dimensions: L. 30 11/16 × W. 11 3/4 in. (78 × 29.9 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:  Kyoto   Japan  
Credit line: Gift of the Estate of Mary Flagler Cary, 1969
Accession year: 1969