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 ...

Jocelyn Clark, an Alaska-born professor of East Asian studies at Pai Chai University in Daejeon, remembers the first time she heard a performance of the ...

Once again, configured as a one-stop route to a ‘cinematic sound’, Lotus features new breathy shakuhachi and hichiriki alongside other timeless instruments from Japan such as the delicate plucks of ...

The instrument manufacturing company Marusan Hashimoto in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, is very busy making strings for the shamisen, the koto and other instruments. Strings make sounds ...