筝

Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan Japanese
 Workshop of Gotō Yūjō Japanese

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 684

这把罕见的筝（一种齐特琴）是日本装饰和音乐艺术的巅峰之作。现代日本筝乐的基础形成于十七世纪，但在那以前也存在丰富的传统。这把筝上大量的镶嵌和出色的装饰出自程乘之手，他是闻名遐迩的金属工匠后藤家族第九代大师，或许也是技艺最精湛的一位；这件作品就忠实记录了这种重要的音乐发展。这把筝也反映出主人的地位（有权有势的乌丸家族）以及筝作为一种日本象征的角色。装饰精美的漆琴盒制作于十九世纪早期，上面有描金的鹤  （乌丸家族的纹章）与鹅。

Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese

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Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese
Koto (箏), Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper,, Japanese

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