This 22-minute educational film explores the history, construction, and performance techniques of Japan’s three major traditional instruments: the koto, shamisen, and shakuhachi. Through ...

A mechanical puppet which plays the traditional "koto" instrument is seen in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 28, 2022. (Mainichi/Takao Kitamura) The "karakuri puppet," or traditional Japanese ...

but the late Edo period saw the spread of music that used the koto as the focus. It went through improvements to produce a louder volume and clearer sound, and eventually became a traditional Japanese ...

It featured Japanese instruments like taiko drums and koto yet played jazz and rhythm and blues, laced with pop and funk. Hiroshima had found its footing in the 1970s at places like the Baby Lion ...

NAGAHAMA, Shiga -- Production of silk strings for traditional Japanese instruments such as the shamisen and koto is at its seasonal peak in this western Japan town. At the workshop of Marusan ...

by prominent Koto figure of Japan to spread the traditional Japanese instrument in the county. She has pioneered awareness of the ancient Japanese instruments through her performances in Australia ...