Koto music - Kinkaku

Japanese: 琴楽 - きんがく
Koto music - Kinkaku

...The oldest example of abbreviated notation is the "Koen" (Ancient Enmity) by Jiang Kui (Shiraseki Dojin) (1155?-1231) of the Southern Song Dynasty. The history of koto music is long, and it is associated with ancient mythical figures such as Shennong and Fuxi. It is said that Shun played the koto to sing the poem "South Wind," and that King Wen and King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty added one string each to make it seven-stringed. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kotonagara" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…減字譜の最古の例は,南宋の姜夔(きようき)(白石道人)(1155?‐1231)の《古怨》である。 琴楽の歴史は古く,太古の神話的人物である神農,伏羲(ふくぎ)などに結びつけられている。舜が琴を弾じて南風の詩をうたったとか,周の文王,武王が1弦ずつ増して七弦になったとかいわれる。…

※「琴楽」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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