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Tsuridaiko
late 19th century
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati, United States
Performers play this double-headed tsuridaiko drum in gagaku court music to accompany instrumental pieces and small-scale dances. Instruments used in gagaku boast elaborate decoration. The heads of this tsuridaiko are brightly painted to depict a dragon on one side and a fowl on the other. The drum is suspended within a round lacquered frame. Gold-tipped flames rise from its top.
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Details
- Title: Tsuridaiko
- Date Created: late 19th century
- Location Created: Japan
- Credit Line: Gift of William H. Doane
- Medium: wood, paint, animal hide, metal, iron, silk, dye
- Art Genre: Double-Headed Cylindrical Drum, Membranophone, Musical Instrument
- Depicted Location: Cincinnati Art Museum
- Accession Number: 1919.184
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