MS 7164 Chōshō shidai
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7164

USNM Accession 15455

USNM Catalog 93201
label: Variant Title
content: Translation: Music for shō
name: label: Creator
content: Unknown
label: Names
content: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
place: label: Place
content: Japan
label: Place
content: East Asia
creator: label: Creator
content: Unknown
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (ink, 13 x 17.25 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Folder 7164
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The music was on exhibit along with a shō and other Japanese musical instruments at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The instruments were deposited in the United States National Museum by the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1884 (USNM Accession 15455); most of the collection was reclaimed by the Corcoran in 1947. The music was transferred from the object collection of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives by Chang-su Houchins in March 1984.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7164
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Sheet music
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sheet music
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of sheet music for the shō, a Japanese musical instrument.

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