bonus activity week 5 day 9

koto

Strings

• Biwa a pear shaped lute.
• Gottan or hako-jamisen.
• Ichigenkin (kanji: 一絃琴)    monochord.
• Junanagen (十七絃)    17-stringed koto.
• Koto (琴, 箏)   long zither.
• Kugo (箜篌)  an angled harp used in ancient times and recently revived.

Koto, also called kin , long Japanese board zither having 13 silk strings and movable bridges. The body of the instrument is made of paulowina wood  and is about 190 cm (74 inches) long.

    

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