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Koto13-stringed board zither popular from the early Heian Period onward, especially in the Court.
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KotoA Japanese harp with strings stretched across the top of a long hollow wooden box. Each string has an individual moveable bridge. It is played with finger-picks on one hand, while the other hand alternately plucks, strums a glissando, or presses down on the string behind the bridge to bend the note.
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Kotolongest of the long zithers of East Asia; about 6 feet long; 13 silk strings; this narrow harp is laid horizontally, each string with its own movable bridge.
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