koto

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The koto, a plucked zither with moveable bridges, has been a staple of traditional Japanese music since the 8th century.

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  1. noun A Japanese musical instrument similar to a zither, having usually 13, but sometimes as few as 1 or as many as 17, silk strings stretched over an oblong box.

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  • Riemu nousee jos sattuvat tähän hätään "löytämään" julkisuuteen tämän foorumin omasta koto-Suomestamme! —  Kotikemian forum :: View Post :: Myyrmannissa räjähti!
  • NEC's Intercultural Institute presents The Senzoku Gakuen Ensemble in a program of traditional and contemporary Japanese music featuring teachers and students from the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music playing shamisen, koto, and shakuhatchi.
  • Short Synopsis: Natsume gets visited (read: possessed) by a youkai who used to play a traditional Japanese instrument called the "koto". —  Anime Nano!
  • Asagi wants just one more chance to play her koto, but can Natsume help her fulfil her dream even as his friends wonder why he seems a little more girlish than before? —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • Thalia Theatre at 7. 30pm: Yoshihiro Ota (piano), Gayo Nakagaki (koto) and Tokyo-Budapest Ensemble will perform compositions by Alkan, Minoru Miki, Gayo Nakagaki, Beethoven and Mozart. —  Budapest Times
 

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