Yenzhen - Yenzhen

Japanese: イェンジン - いぇんじん
Yenzhen - Yenzhen

…Each course has two or three double strings. This instrument is called yangqin in Chinese, yochin in Mongolian, yangmu in Korean, and yenjin among the Uighurs. It was introduced to Japan at the end of the Edo period as an instrument for Ming and Qing music, where it was called yanqin, but it soon disappeared. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Yenjin" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…各コースは2~3本の複弦である。 この楽器は,中国語ではヤンチン,モンゴル語ではヨーチン,朝鮮語ではヤングム,ウイグル族の間ではイェンジンと呼ばれている。日本へは江戸末期に明清楽の楽器として伝来し,ヤンキンと呼ばれたが,ほどなく姿を消した。…

※「イェンジン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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