End-blown Flute (Hitoyogiri)
Cleveland Museum of Art

End-blown Flute (Hitoyogiri)

late 1800s

Lacquered bamboo with gold and silver maki-e (sprinkled powder designs)
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The name of this flute,<em> hitoyogiri</em> 一節切 comes from the fact that it has a single node in the bamboo from which it is made.

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