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End-blown Flute (Hitoyogiri)
The collection record classifies this work as musical instrument. It is dated late 1800s. Recorded culture or place: Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912).
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- Museum title
- End-blown Flute (Hitoyogiri)
- Date
- late 1800s
- Culture / origin
- Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
- Materials and technique
- Lacquered bamboo with gold and silver maki-e (sprinkled powder designs)
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 2.6 cm (13 3/16 x 1 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1921.914
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
The hitoyogiri 一節切 is considered one type of shakuhachi 尺八 bamboo flute and was popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is smaller and of weaker sound than the better known fuke 普化, and was thus known as a "small bamboo" or kotake 小竹, during a brief 19th-century revival. The node of the bamboo is positioned between the four finger holes on the front, and the thumb hole at the top of the back. This one has a design of cherry blossoms and scattered petals.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Lyman · CC0
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