Hichiriki

Description

Hichiriki or reed pipe of cane bound with rattan, with seven front vents and two back vents, and a circular reed compressed at one end to form a double reed: Japan

Museum reference

A.1911.232.22

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Hichiriki, Reed pipe

Production information

Japan, East Asia

Materials

Cane, Rattan

Physical description

Cane bound with rattan

Associations

Neil Gordon Munro Collection

Exhibitions

• Man and Music (16 Aug 1983 - 15 Jan 1984)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Man and Music (Royal Scottish Museum, 1983), p. 70