Design for Nidaiko Drum and Nishoko Cymbal
Kyoto Manshudo, (ca. 1900). Print. Two handpainted designs for large, two-person Buddhist ceremonial instruments, a drum and an cymbal. Both are shown suspended from wooden handles, intended to be carried on the shoulders of two men. Both illustrations are stamped by the manufacturer Kyoto Manshudo (or Mansodo), about which we.....