kokyū
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The is the only traditional Japanese string instrument played with a bow. A variant of the instrument also exists in Okinawa, called () in Okinawan.
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- Instrument.image
- JapaneseKokyu.jpg
- Instrument.image_capt
- A built by Masakichi Ueda , Osaka, Japan
- Instrument.classification
- Bowed string instrument
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- name in kana
- こきゅう
- Commons category
- Kokyū
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 321.312-7
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The is the only traditional Japanese string instrument played with a bow. A variant of the instrument also exists in Okinawa, called () in Okinawan.
The , like the , has its origins in Okinawa. Although it is similar to Chinese , it actually came to Okinawa via the from Indonesia and Malaysia.
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