is a traditional
Japanese percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...
used in
folk song
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be c ...
s, and rural dances. It was originally used as a cleaning tool. The instrument is made up of several wooden plates strung together with a cotton cord, with handles at both ends. The stack of wooden plates are played by moving them like a wave.
東京藝術大学
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References
External links
All about Hand Percussion - Techniques, notation and applications
(Google Books)
"Binzasara: Music and Dance at Sensōji in Edo/Tōkyō"
Japanese musical instruments
Plaque concussion idiophones
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