| The instruments used in performances
of gagaku (court music) and Noh plays are masterpieces incorporating
a number of traditional decorative arts, including the crafting of
wood and bamboo, lacquerwork, metalworking, embossed gilt lacquerwork,
and mother-of-pearl inlay. Their graceful and elegant designs date
back some 1,300 years to the Heian period (794-1185). Alongside the
performing traditions themselves, these musical instruments bring
to life a magnificent history of artisanship of the highest order. |
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>> Gagaku Instrument Museum
Nishi-iru Kado, Futasujime, Oike Agaru, Nishikoji Dori, Nakagyo-ku,
Kyoto
(reservations required)
TEL:075-802-2505
YAMADA Zenichi Collection, Gagaku Instrument Museum |
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