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Morphology: Ko-kiu
Location: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Description: The kokyu is typically made of an ebony neck and a body of coconut or wood that is covered with cat or snake skin. It typically has three strings and is played upright. The kokyu is similar to the shamisen(comma) but is smaller and the only traditional Japanese stringed instrument that is played with a bow.

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“68_59_134.jpg,” LibMesa, accessed December 22, 2024, https://libmesa.unm.edu/items/show/369.

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