Sho. 19" length. Seventeen polished bamboo pipes fitted into a black lacquered gourd with silver mounted mouthpiece. Three pipes are brass mounted. Pipes retained by a brass ring carved to resemble bamboo. 14 of the pipes are fitted with finely cut brass reeds (some missing).Each pipe is labelled on its inner face with a Japanese character.
412.132 Sets of free reeds
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