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東琴

東琴

Japanese

東琴 (azumagoto): Fujiwara no Otsugu playing the six-stringed azumagoto.
Kanji in this term
あずま
Grade: 2
こと > ごと
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

東琴 (hiragana あずまごと, romaji azumagoto, historical hiragana あづまごと)

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

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References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan