Title: Gekkin
Object type: Gekkin
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo
Medium: Wood, ivory, skin, silk strings
Dimensions: L. 26 in.; Diam. of body 14 in.
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Geography:  Kyoto   Japan      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY