The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Taiko

Date:: 19th century
Geography:: Japan
Medium:: Wood, hide, metal
Dimensions:: L.: 15.5 cm (6-1/16 in.); Diam. at widest: 25.3 cm (9-15/16 in.); Diam. of Heads: 35 cm (13-13/16 in.)
Classification:: Membranophone-double-headed / cylindrical drum
Credit Line:: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number:: 89.4.92

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: label inside
References

Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Asia, Gallery 27. 2. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1903, vol. II, pg. 30.

Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Gallery 27. 1. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1901, vol. I, pg. 30.
See also
Who
Nambuya Keikichi, Tokyo, Asakuja, Kamejima-cho (1)
What
Metal (59,364)

Musical instruments (5,241)

Membranophones (650)

Drums (629)

Hide (301)

Barrel drums (58)

Taiko (12)
Where
Asia (68,071)

Japan (21,819)
In the Museum
Musical Instruments (5,221)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Japan, 1800–1900 A.D.