1.

This odaiko was made for the Meiji Jingu (Meiji Grand Shrine) in Tokyo
and commemorates the 60th anniversary of the installation of the Kami (God/Spirit)
into the Shrine. It is 215 centimeters in diameter across the belly, 185 centimeters
across the heads, or about 6 shaku 2 sun in the traditional Japanese measure.
Completed in 1980. Click on the image to see a bigger version (30k).
2. The 'tsudzumi' or 'tsuzumi' (?) is a Japanese hand drum of
Chinese/Mongolian/Indian origin. It consists of a wooden body
shaped like anhourglass, and it is taut, with two drum heads with
cords that can be squeezed or released to increase or decrease
the tension of the heads respectively. This mechanism allows the
player to raise or lower the pitch of the drum while playing, not
unlike the African talking drum.
3.tsuri-daiko (kanji: ; also called gaku-daiko (kanji:
)) is a large Japanese hanging drum.
4. Taiko (?) are a broad range
of Japanese percussion instruments. InJapanese, the term refers
to any kind of drum, but outside Japan, it is used to refer to any of
the various Japanese drums called wadaiko ( "Japanese
drums") and to the form of ensemble taiko drumming more
specifically calledkumi-daiko ( "set of drums"). The process
of constructing taiko varies between manufacturers, and
preparation of both the drum body and skin can take several
years depending on methodology.
5. The koto (Japanese: ) is a
traditional Japanese stringed musical instrumentderived from
the Chinese zheng, and similar to the Mongolian yatga,
theKorean gayageum, and the Vietnamese n tranh. The koto is
the national instrument of Japan.
6The shamisen or samisen (?, literally "three strings"),
also called sangen(?, literally "three strings"), is a threestringed, Japanese musical instrumentderived from the Chinese
instrument sanxian. It is played with a plectrum called abachi.
7.. The biwa (?) is a Japanese short-necked fretted lute, often
used in narrative storytelling. The biwa is the chosen instrument
of Benten, goddess of music, eloquence, poetry, and education
in Japanese Shinto
8. The shakuhachi (?, pronounced [akhati]) is
a Japaneseend-blown flute.

9. The Nohkan (?) is a high

pitched, Japanese bamboo transverseflute or fue (?). It is
commonly used in traditional Imperial Noh andKabuki theatre. The
nohkan flute was created by Kan'ami and his sonZeami in the
15th century, during the time when the two were transforming
the Noh theatre forms Dengaku and Sarugaku.
10. The hichiriki (?) is a double reed Japanese fue (flute)
used as one of two main melodic instruments in
Japanese gagaku music, the other being theryteki.
The hichiriki is difficult to play, due in part to its double reed
configuration
11The hichiriki (?) is a double reed Japanese fue (flute) used
as one of two main melodic instruments in
Japanese gagaku music, the other being theryteki.
The hichiriki is difficult to play, due in part to its double reed
configuration
12. The shinobue (kanji: ; also called takebue (kanji: ))
in the context of Japanese traditional arts) is
a Japanese transverse flute or fue that has a high-pitched sound.
13 The ryteki (?, literally "dragon flute") is
a Japanesetransverse fue made of bamboo. It is used in gagaku,
the Shintoclassical music associated with Japan's imperial court.
1.
The yueqin or yue qin (Chinese: , p yuqn), formerly
romanized asyeh-chin and also known as the moon guitar, moon
zither, gekkin, laqin, or la-chin, is a traditional Chinese string instrument.
2. The pipa (Chinese: ; pinyin: ppa, [pp]) is a fourstringed Chinesemusical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of
instruments. Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pearshaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12 to 26.
Another Chinese four-string plucked lute is the liuqin, which looks like a
smaller version of the pipa.
3. The Erhu (Chinese: ; pinyin: rh; [xu]) is a two-stringed bowed
musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be
called aSouthern Fiddle, and sometimes known in the Western world as
the Chinese violin or a Chinese two-stringed fiddle. It is used as a solo
instrument as well as in small ensembles and large orchestra
4. The yunluo (simplified: ; traditional: pinyin: ynlu, [ynlu];
literally "cloud gongs" or "cloud of gongs"), is a traditional Chinese musical

instrument.[1] It is made up of a set of gongs of varying sizes held within a

frame.
5. The sheng (Chinese: ; Pinyin shng)[needs IPA]is a Chinese mouthblown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes.
6. The sheng (Chinese: ; Pinyin shng)[needs IPA]is a Chinese mouthblown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes.
7. The zheng (Chinese: ), also known as Chinese zither, is a
Chinesetraditional plucked musical string instrument over 2500 years old. It
has 16 (or more) strings and movable bridges
8. The pengling hand bells really are a pair of small cup-shaped copper or
brass bells connected by a string.

1. ese

two identical bells have many different names

penglingor pengzhong (struck bells), dual chime bowls, bell cymbals.
The pengling hand bells really are a pair of small cup-shaped copper or
brass bells connected by a string.
2. The geomungo (also spelled komungo or kmun'go)
or hyeongeum (literally "black zither", also
spelled hyongum or hyn'gm) is a traditional Koreanstringed musical
instrument of the zither family of instruments with both bridges and frets
3. The haegeum (Hangul: ) is a traditional Korean string instrument,
resembling a fiddle. It is popularly known as kkangkkangi.[1] It has a rodlike
neck, a hollow wooden soundbox, and two silk strings, and is held vertically
on the knee of the performer and played with a bow
4. The piri is a Korean double reed instrument, used in both the folk and
classical (court) music of Korea. It is made of bamboo. Its large reed
andcylindrical bore gives it a sound mellower than that of many other types
of oboe.
5.
Changgo, also spelled changko or changgu, hourglass-shaped
(waisted)drum used in much of Koreas traditional music. It is about 66 cm
(26 inches) long and has two heads stretched over hoops; one of them is
struck with a hand and the other with a stick. An early Japanese variant of
thechanggo is the san no tsuzumi, used in Korean-derived court music
(komagaku).