Japanese

大和琴 (yamatogoto): Fujiwara no Otsugu playing the six-stringed yamatogoto.

Alternative forms

• 倭琴

Noun

大和琴 ‎(hiragana やまとごと, romaji yamatogoto)

1. (music) a six-stringed koto or zither used to perform kagura music, more common in ancient times

Synonyms

• 東琴 (あずまごと) ‎(azumagoto)
• 和琴 (わごん) ‎(wagon), 倭琴 (わごん) ‎(wagon)
• 六弦琴 (ろくげんきん) ‎(rokugenkin), 六絃琴 (ろくげんきん) ‎(rokugenkin)
• 六 (む)つの緒 (お) ‎(mutsu no o)

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9