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Drum Body

1650-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drum body in dumb-bell form, made from a single piece of wood with the walls left relatively thick and with chisel marks visible on the interior of the cups, wood covered in black lacquer with flower-rafts and maple leaves on swirling water across the outer surface in gold hiramaki-e (metal powder sprinkled on to a lacquer design before it has hardened so that it is in low relief), enashiji (nashiji used in the pictorial elements rather than as a background) and fundame lacquer (matt, densely-sprinkled fine gold dust).


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Drum
  • Drum Skins
  • Storage Box
Materials and techniques
Wood covered in black lacquer with gold hiramaki-e (metal powder sprinkled on to a lacquer design before it has hardened so that it is in low relief) and <i><i>enashiji</i></i> (<i>nashiji</i> used in the pictorial elements rather than as a background)
Brief description
Drum body, wood covered in black lacquer, flower rafts and maple leaves on swirling water in gold lacquer, Japan, 1650-1700
Physical description
Drum body in dumb-bell form, made from a single piece of wood with the walls left relatively thick and with chisel marks visible on the interior of the cups, wood covered in black lacquer with flower-rafts and maple leaves on swirling water across the outer surface in gold hiramaki-e (metal powder sprinkled on to a lacquer design before it has hardened so that it is in low relief), enashiji (nashiji used in the pictorial elements rather than as a background) and fundame lacquer (matt, densely-sprinkled fine gold dust).
Dimensions
  • Dum body length: 24.9cm
  • Diameter: 10cm
Content description
flower rafts, maple leaves, water
Style
Gallery label
Drum body Wood covered in black lacquer with gold hiramaki-e and nashi-ji lacquer Rafts and maple leaves About 1650 FE.39-1978 This drum body would have been covered at both ends with skins attacahed to each other by cords. Such drums are usesd in the No theatre.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
FE.39:1-1978

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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