Side-blown flute
Vernacular Name
- Shinobue
Date1960-1965 ca.
Place MadeJapan, Asia
Serial No.none
SignedJapanese characters at end of tube, after hole 7.Bottom of the instrument: Shishida (a school or brand of instrument making)
MarkingsJapanese characters on underside of tube, near embouchure hole.
DescriptionTransverse bamboo flute with end caps wrapped in rattan. Interior lacquered red, as is commonly found in flutes of this type made in and after the late 19th century. Shinobue are typically used to accompany performances of the traditional Japanese kabuki theater and are the flutes of choice for Japanese folk music.
DimensionsLength: 460 mm
Embouchure hole: 13 x 10 mm
ProvenancePreviously owned by Robert Cole, Montello, Wisconsin. It was given to him by a Japanese exchange student, who formerly studied with him, in the late 1960s.
Credit LineGift of Robert F. Cole, 1999
Object number07432
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1880-1920 ca.
1900-1925 ca.
1960 ca.
1980-1990 ca.