Japan – A geisha playing the gekkin
Yokohama, Japan: c 1880's. Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/8 x 8 inches (258 x 203 mm); pencil inscription in Japanese on verso; light cockling. Unmounted; housed in an archival mat with clear mounting corners.
[Nagasaki University Library, Catalog Number : 2463].
The "gekkin" (moon harp) is a Chinese instrument from the modern period. It was used to perform Chinese music in Japan from the end of the Edo Period through the Meiji Period. The moon harp was so named because its shape resembled the full moon.
Condition: Very good.
Item number: 1780
Price: $375.00
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