Shamisen
Object type: Shamisen
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Takechi Matsukawa|Wakamura workshop
Artist bio:  | 
Artist role: Maker|Maker
Artist nationality: Japanese| 
Date: 1891
Medium: Wood, catskin, rope, silk string, lacquer, red coral
Dimensions: L. 38 3/8 × D. 3 3/8 × Diam. of body 8 in. (97.4 × 8.6 × 20.3 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted
Geography:  Kyoto   Japan  
Credit line: Gift of the Estate of Mary Flagler Cary, 1969
Accession year: 1969