The Burke Collection
Zither (kin, 琴) named “Flowing Water” (Ryūsui, 流水)
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801-1

Artist

Nakamura Sōtetsu

(中村宗哲; fl. 18th century)

Catalogue information

Edo period, 1794

Wood with black lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlay

L. (excluding tassels) 82.5 cm (32 1/2 in.)

Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Literature

Murase 1980b, no. 45.
Murase, Miyeko
1980b
Urban Beauties and Rural Charms: Japanese Art from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. Orlando, Fla.: Loch Haven Art Center.

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Additional details

D801-1
D801-1
D801-2

Text

Ryūsui

Signature

Lacquerer Sōtetsu, early winter, 1794

Seals

Yuimin; Shishō (?); kaō