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*''Other Names'': 横笛 ''(J: yokofue, ôteki)'', てう ''(teu, chô)''
*''Chinese/Japanese'': 清笛 ''(Qīng dí / shinteki)''
The transverse flute<ref>Whereas instruments such as the ''[[dongxiao]]'' and ''[[shakuhachi]]'' are end-blown flutes, played vertically or held out in front of the body, the transverse flute, by definition, describes a category of flute which, like that found in modern/Western orchestras and wind ensembles today, is held horizontally out to the side from the player's face.</ref> (J: ''yokofue'' or ''ôteki'') known in Japan as a "Qing flute" (J: ''shinteki'') is a style of instrument widely used in China from the [[Qing Dynasty]] onward, as well as in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] ''[[uzagaku]]'' court music; [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]] employed such flutes as well, in their performances during missions to Japan.
Surviving examples of 18th century Ryukyuan instruments in [[Tokugawa Art Museum|Tokugawa]] collections include flutes of varying lengths, each of them made of a length of bamboo, with black [[lacquer]]ed buffalo horn fittings at either end. Each has nine finger holes on the top of the instrument (plus the mouthpiece), and two on the bottom, plus another two where a tassel could be strung for purely decorative purposes. Each is bound in twenty-four places with string coated in lacquer and [[gold leaf]].
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==References==
*''Okinawa bijutsu zenshû'' 沖縄美術全集 5, 342.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
*''Chinese/Japanese'': 清笛 ''(Qīng dí / shinteki)''
The transverse flute<ref>Whereas instruments such as the ''[[dongxiao]]'' and ''[[shakuhachi]]'' are end-blown flutes, played vertically or held out in front of the body, the transverse flute, by definition, describes a category of flute which, like that found in modern/Western orchestras and wind ensembles today, is held horizontally out to the side from the player's face.</ref> (J: ''yokofue'' or ''ôteki'') known in Japan as a "Qing flute" (J: ''shinteki'') is a style of instrument widely used in China from the [[Qing Dynasty]] onward, as well as in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] ''[[uzagaku]]'' court music; [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]] employed such flutes as well, in their performances during missions to Japan.
Surviving examples of 18th century Ryukyuan instruments in [[Tokugawa Art Museum|Tokugawa]] collections include flutes of varying lengths, each of them made of a length of bamboo, with black [[lacquer]]ed buffalo horn fittings at either end. Each has nine finger holes on the top of the instrument (plus the mouthpiece), and two on the bottom, plus another two where a tassel could be strung for purely decorative purposes. Each is bound in twenty-four places with string coated in lacquer and [[gold leaf]].
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==References==
*''Okinawa bijutsu zenshû'' 沖縄美術全集 5, 342.
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
