Jinghu (京胡)
Object type: Jinghu / Kokin
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Japanese/Chinese
Artist: Shinsai, "Katsu" Tajima
Artist bio: Japanese, active 1877–1888
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Bamboo, snakeskin, parchment, silk, horsehair
Dimensions: H. 20 1/2 × W. 1 7/8 × D. 5 1/16 in. (52.1 × 4.8 × 12.8 cm)
Length (Of bow): 21 15/16 in. (55.8 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Geography: |  |  Japan|China  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889