The world's oldest orchestral music, gagaku was imported from mainland China in ancient times. The melody is not based on a ...

On Thursday, March 20, the Modern Languages and Literatures Department at Grand Valley State University held its annual ...

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 ...

With the use of ivory becoming increasingly taboo, trading company Itochu Corp. and its partners have developed plant-based plectrums for the koto Japanese harp. The companies said the picks ...

The instrument manufacturing company Marusan Hashimoto in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, is very busy making strings for the shamisen, the koto and ... with a cloth. Japanese original ...