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[[File:Ryuteki.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A ''ryûteki'' in a wooden case with dragon carvings, on display at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]]]
*''Japanese'': 竜笛 ''(ryuuteki)''

The ''ryûteki'' is a transverse flute used in ''[[gagaku]]'' music. It is used to play the melody line alongside the ''[[hichiriki]]''.

It is quite similar to the ''[[nokan|nôkan]]'', the main flute in the [[Noh]] theater. Both the ''ryûteki'' and the ''nôkan'' are typically made of bamboo wrapped in rattan or cherry bark twine, with seven fingerholes.

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==References==
*Gallery labels, Musical Instruments gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]