Title: Koto (箏)
Object type: Koto
Date: early 17th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist:  Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan 
Artist bio: 1603–1673
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,
Dimensions: 5 1/8 × 74 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (13 × 189.5 × 24.2 cm)
Classification: Chordophone-Zither-plucked-long zither
Credit line: Purchase, Amati Gifts, 2007
Geography:     Japan      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Cranes