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*''Japanese'': 尺八 ''(shakuhachi)''
The ''shakuhachi'' is a Japanese end-blown bamboo flute, likely the most common traditional wind instrument seen in Japan today. Its name derives from the flute being typically one ''shaku'' and eight ''sun'' in length (see [[Japanese measurements]]).
It developed out of the ''[[hitoyogiri]]'', an older form of flute which disappeared in the 19th century, superceded by the ''shakuhachi''. Like the ''shakuhachi'', the ''hitoyogiri'' was held vertically, and had four finger holes plus a thumb hole, with a mouth hole formed by a simple outward cut at the rim.
The ''shakuhachi'' began to take form during the [[Azuchi-Momoyama period]] (c. [[1573]]-[[1600]]), and solidified into its current form over the course of the [[Edo period]] (1600-[[1868]]). During that period, it came to be closely associated with ''[[komuso|komusô]]'', monks in basket-like straw hats, many of whom served as spies for the samurai authorities. They altered the instrument somewhat, making it thicker, longer, and slightly curved at one end, so it might be used as a weapon.
The ''shakuhachi'' can be both a solo instrument or an accompanying instrument, and by the 20th century replaced the fiddle-like ''[[kokyu (instrument)|kokyû]]'' in the traditional ''sankyoku'' trio, accompanying [[koto]] and [[shamisen]].
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Musical Instruments gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
*''Japanese'': 尺八 ''(shakuhachi)''
The ''shakuhachi'' is a Japanese end-blown bamboo flute, likely the most common traditional wind instrument seen in Japan today. Its name derives from the flute being typically one ''shaku'' and eight ''sun'' in length (see [[Japanese measurements]]).
It developed out of the ''[[hitoyogiri]]'', an older form of flute which disappeared in the 19th century, superceded by the ''shakuhachi''. Like the ''shakuhachi'', the ''hitoyogiri'' was held vertically, and had four finger holes plus a thumb hole, with a mouth hole formed by a simple outward cut at the rim.
The ''shakuhachi'' began to take form during the [[Azuchi-Momoyama period]] (c. [[1573]]-[[1600]]), and solidified into its current form over the course of the [[Edo period]] (1600-[[1868]]). During that period, it came to be closely associated with ''[[komuso|komusô]]'', monks in basket-like straw hats, many of whom served as spies for the samurai authorities. They altered the instrument somewhat, making it thicker, longer, and slightly curved at one end, so it might be used as a weapon.
The ''shakuhachi'' can be both a solo instrument or an accompanying instrument, and by the 20th century replaced the fiddle-like ''[[kokyu (instrument)|kokyû]]'' in the traditional ''sankyoku'' trio, accompanying [[koto]] and [[shamisen]].
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Musical Instruments gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]