Koto

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MMA_.1986.470.3

amicoid

MMA_.1986.470.3

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese

crc

Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Japanese

crt

Japanese

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Koto

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Koto

Title

false

Title Type:

Object name

ott

Object name

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

20th century

oct

20th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1900

ocs

1900

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1999

oce

1999

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Various woods, ivory, metal, nylon, tortoiseshell, abalone, lacquerwork

omd

Various woods, ivory, metal, nylon, tortoiseshell, abalone, lacquerwork

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Chordophone without neck

clt

Chordophone without neck

Classification Term

false

Classification Term:

Plucked zither

clt

Plucked zither

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

L. 74 in. (187.9 cm); W. 11 in. (27.9 cm); D. 7 in. (17.8 cm)

met

L. 74 in. (187.9 cm); W. 11 in. (27.9 cm); D. 7 in. (17.8 cm)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

oon

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

oop

New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1986.470.3

ooa

1986.470.3

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Gift of the Todes Family, 1986

ooc

Gift of the Todes Family, 1986

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

orl

<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Koto music was introduced into Japan during the Nara period (710-84). It developed in the court and gradually entered the home as a sign of good breeding for daughters of the rising commercial class as well as those of the nobility. Nylon stringing and plastic bridges and plectrums are now replacing the traditional materials-silk for strings and ivory for its movable bridges (ji) and plectrums (tsume). Paulonia remains the wood used for the body of the zither. The lacquerwork on the sides shows scenes from 'The Tale of Genji.' Prince Genji consoled himself by playing the koto. Japanese romantic stories often employ the literary device of discovering a missing heroine by hearing her koto music.

cxd

<P>Koto music was introduced into Japan during the Nara period (710-84). It developed in the court and gradually entered the home as a sign of good breeding for daughters of the rising commercial class as well as those of the nobility. Nylon stringing and plastic bridges and plectrums are now replacing the traditional materials-silk for strings and ivory for its movable bridges (ji) and plectrums (tsume). Paulonia remains the wood used for the body of the zither. The lacquerwork on the sides shows scenes from 'The Tale of Genji.' Prince Genji consoled himself by playing the koto. Japanese romantic stories often employ the literary device of discovering a missing heroine by hearing her koto music. </P>

Context

false

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