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*''Japanese'': ゴッタン ''(gottan)''
The ''gottan'' is a three-stringed instrument related to the Okinawan [[sanshin]] and the Japanese [[shamisen]], and distinctive to [[Kagoshima prefecture]] and certain other parts of [[Kyushu]].
Rather than using any animal skin over the soundbox, the ''gottan'' is made chiefly of cedar (J: ''sugi''), both in the body (soundbox) and in the neck and pegs.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, [[Reimeikan Museum]] of History and Culture, Kagoshima, Sept 2014.
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
The ''gottan'' is a three-stringed instrument related to the Okinawan [[sanshin]] and the Japanese [[shamisen]], and distinctive to [[Kagoshima prefecture]] and certain other parts of [[Kyushu]].
Rather than using any animal skin over the soundbox, the ''gottan'' is made chiefly of cedar (J: ''sugi''), both in the body (soundbox) and in the neck and pegs.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, [[Reimeikan Museum]] of History and Culture, Kagoshima, Sept 2014.
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]