Title: Shamisen
Object type: Shamisen
Date: 1891
Culture: Japanese
Artist:  Takechi Matsukawa for
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Maker
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)

Weight: under 40 pounds
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted
Credit line: Gift of the Estate of Mary Flagler Cary, 1969
Geography:  Kyoto   Japan      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY