https://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Kokyu_(instrument)&feed=atom&action=historyKokyu (instrument) - Revision history2024-03-29T02:11:43ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.2https://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Kokyu_(instrument)&diff=28682&oldid=prevLordAmeth at 01:07, 6 September 20142014-09-06T01:07:02Z<p></p>
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</table>LordAmethhttps://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Kokyu_(instrument)&diff=24884&oldid=prevLordAmeth: /* References */2013-08-19T01:33:49Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">References</span></span></p>
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</table>LordAmethhttps://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Kokyu_(instrument)&diff=24883&oldid=prevLordAmeth at 01:21, 19 August 20132013-08-19T01:21:24Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ''kokyû'' is a Japanese stringed instrument akin to a version of the [[shamisen]] designed to be played with a bow, like a fiddle. It is a bit smaller than the shamisen, but is otherwise quite similar. The word ''kokyû'' is also used in Japanese to refer to any of a wide range of Chinese bowed fiddles, but most strictly speaking, there are separate names for each of those instruments, such as the ''erhu'' and ''huqin''.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ''kokyû'' is a Japanese stringed instrument akin to a version of the [[shamisen]] designed to be played with a bow, like a fiddle. It is a bit smaller than the shamisen, but is otherwise quite similar<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, being first introduced to Japan alongside the shamisen, in the early 17th century</ins>. The word ''kokyû'' is also used in Japanese to refer to any of a wide range of Chinese bowed fiddles, but most strictly speaking, there are separate names for each of those instruments, such as the ''erhu'' and ''huqin''.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The instrument is generally played by being held upright on one's knee, and moving the bow horizontally across the strings. Traditionally, the ''kokyû'' had three strings, like the shamisen, but four-stringed versions became more common in the 20th century.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The instrument is generally played by being held upright on one's knee<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, or between one's knees while kneeling on the floor</ins>, and moving the bow horizontally across the strings. Traditionally, the ''kokyû'' had three strings, like the shamisen, but four-stringed versions became more common in the 20th century.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ''kokyû'' sometimes accompanies ''[[bunraku]]'' puppet theatre or ''[[gidayu bushi|gidayû bushi]]'' narrative song, alongside a shamisen; it was also traditionally played in a trio <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with </del>shamisen and [[koto]], <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </del>can be tuned several different ways to suit the context, i.e. which instruments or performance style are being accompanied. ''Kokyû'' also sometimes plays a role in folk music and festival bands (''[[matsuri bayashi]]''). Overall, however, while a relatively commonly played instrument in the [[Edo period]], in these various contexts, the ''kokyû'' has become much less popular and less common in the 20th century, and is today much more rarely seen or heard than, for example, shamisen or koto.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ''kokyû'' sometimes accompanies ''[[bunraku]]'' puppet theatre or ''[[gidayu bushi|gidayû bushi]]'' narrative song, alongside a shamisen; it was also traditionally played in a trio <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(known as ''sankyoku''), alongside </ins>shamisen and [[koto]], <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but has since been replaced in that trio by the ''[[shakuhachi]]''. The ''kokyû'' </ins>can <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">also </ins>be tuned several different ways to suit the context, i.e. which instruments or performance style are being accompanied. ''Kokyû'' also sometimes plays a role in folk music and festival bands (''[[matsuri bayashi]]''). Overall, however, while a relatively commonly played instrument in the [[Edo period]], in these various contexts, the ''kokyû'' has become much less popular and less common in the 20th century, and is today much more rarely seen or heard than, for example, shamisen or koto.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A very similar instrument is used in Okinawan traditional music. The ''kûchô'' (クーチョー), as it is called in Okinawa, served much the same purposes, accompanying [[sanshin]], or a larger ensemble consisting of [[kutu]] (Okinawan koto), [[fanso|fansô]] (flute), and [[teeku]] (drums). The ''kûchô'' is very similar to the Okinawan sanshin, but smaller; like the Japanese ''kokyû'', it traditionally had three strings, but later came to often have four, but is quite rare today, relative to the sanshin at least. Unlike the Japanese instrument, which uses catskin, the Okinawan ''kûchô'' uses snakeshin for the face - usually leftover pieces of skin from the making of sanshin. The body of the instrument is often made from wood today, but was sometimes traditionally made from half a coconut, or other similar bowl-shaped materials. The bow is made from the hair of a horse's tail.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A very similar instrument is used in Okinawan traditional music. The ''kûchô'' (クーチョー), as it is called in Okinawa, served much the same purposes, accompanying [[sanshin]], or a larger ensemble consisting of [[kutu]] (Okinawan koto), [[fanso|fansô]] (flute), and [[teeku]] (drums). The ''kûchô'' is very similar to the Okinawan sanshin, but smaller; like the Japanese ''kokyû'', it traditionally had three strings, but later came to often have four, but is quite rare today, relative to the sanshin at least. Unlike the Japanese instrument, which uses catskin, the Okinawan ''kûchô'' uses snakeshin for the face - usually leftover pieces of skin from the making of sanshin. The body of the instrument is often made from wood today, but was sometimes traditionally made from half a coconut, or other similar bowl-shaped materials. The bow is made from the hair of a horse's tail.</div></td></tr>
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</table>LordAmethhttps://samurai-archives.com/w/index.php?title=Kokyu_(instrument)&diff=21106&oldid=prevLordAmeth at 20:08, 7 December 20112011-12-07T20:08:40Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:Kuuchou.JPG|right|thumb|300px|A ''kûchô'', the Okinawan version of the Japanese ''kokyû'' fiddle.]]<br />
*''Japanese'': 胡弓 ''(kokyuu)''<br />
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The ''kokyû'' is a Japanese stringed instrument akin to a version of the [[shamisen]] designed to be played with a bow, like a fiddle. It is a bit smaller than the shamisen, but is otherwise quite similar. The word ''kokyû'' is also used in Japanese to refer to any of a wide range of Chinese bowed fiddles, but most strictly speaking, there are separate names for each of those instruments, such as the ''erhu'' and ''huqin''.<br />
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The instrument is generally played by being held upright on one's knee, and moving the bow horizontally across the strings. Traditionally, the ''kokyû'' had three strings, like the shamisen, but four-stringed versions became more common in the 20th century.<br />
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The ''kokyû'' sometimes accompanies ''[[bunraku]]'' puppet theatre or ''[[gidayu bushi|gidayû bushi]]'' narrative song, alongside a shamisen; it was also traditionally played in a trio with shamisen and [[koto]], and can be tuned several different ways to suit the context, i.e. which instruments or performance style are being accompanied. ''Kokyû'' also sometimes plays a role in folk music and festival bands (''[[matsuri bayashi]]''). Overall, however, while a relatively commonly played instrument in the [[Edo period]], in these various contexts, the ''kokyû'' has become much less popular and less common in the 20th century, and is today much more rarely seen or heard than, for example, shamisen or koto.<br />
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A very similar instrument is used in Okinawan traditional music. The ''kûchô'' (クーチョー), as it is called in Okinawa, served much the same purposes, accompanying [[sanshin]], or a larger ensemble consisting of [[kutu]] (Okinawan koto), [[fanso|fansô]] (flute), and [[teeku]] (drums). The ''kûchô'' is very similar to the Okinawan sanshin, but smaller; like the Japanese ''kokyû'', it traditionally had three strings, but later came to often have four, but is quite rare today, relative to the sanshin at least. Unlike the Japanese instrument, which uses catskin, the Okinawan ''kûchô'' uses snakeshin for the face - usually leftover pieces of skin from the making of sanshin. The body of the instrument is often made from wood today, but was sometimes traditionally made from half a coconut, or other similar bowl-shaped materials. The bow is made from the hair of a horse's tail.<br />
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==References==<br />
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%28%E8%83%A1%E5%BC%93%29 Kûchô]." ''Hyakka jiten Mypedia''. Hitachi Solutions, 2010. Accessed via Kotobank.jp.<br />
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%83%A1%E5%BC%93 Kokyû]." ''Ongaku yôgo dasu''. Yamaha Music Media. Accessed via Kotobank.jp.<br />
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