Important Cultural PropertySmall Keirō drum

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  • 1 piece
  • Lacquered wood
  • D22.2 H21.1
  • Kamakura period/13th century
  • Tokyo National Museum
  • N-111

Keirōko is a type of drum whose body (kodō or kyō) has two skins mounted on the top and bottom. It is played with drumsticks while hung from the neck and held in front of the stomach. The body is made out of a piece of paulownia wood that was lathed to a slightly flat spherical shape with holes for the skins on both the top and bottom and it is carved inwards along the outer side. There are traces of colored paint left on the surface of the body, with a pair of iron rings for the strap attached to the middle. Since the shape of keirōko became less and less round over time according to The Books of Medicine written in the Tang period, this kodō is a precious example of the old style, before the Kamakura period.

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