Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The flutes assembled in sections of split bamboo and tightly bound with thin strips of cherry bark covered with clear lacquer, the sound holes ringed in red lacquer, the double-sleeve storage case decorated with scrolling vines in gold hiramaki-e and roundels of flower blossoms in iro-e chinkinbori against a roiro-nuri ground, the open end fitted with shakudo plates pierce-carved with camellia blossoms 15 5/8in (39.6cm) long (the longest flute), 17 3/4in (45.1cm) long (the case)