yamatogoto
Sign in to saveAlso known as wagon, azumagoto, Yamato-goto, Azuma-goto, Jamato-Koto, Wa-gong
thumb|330x330px|19th century (Edo period) yamato-goto (shown here without bridges); collection of the [[Tokyo National Museum]]
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- traditional Japanese musical instrument
- Country
- Japan
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- Yamato-goto Edo period TNM.jpg
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- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 314.122
- Commons category
- Yamato-goto
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thumb|330x330px|19th century (Edo period) yamato-goto (shown here without bridges); collection of the [[Tokyo National Museum]]
The , also called and , is a six- or seven-stringed plucked bridge zither which, unlike the koto and other stringed instruments, is believed to be truly native to Japan, and not imported from mainland Asia. Both names translate literally to "Japanese stringed instrument."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “yamatogoto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.