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

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 ...

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 ...