E - Gyo

Japanese: 敔 - ぎょ
E - Gyo

A dactyl used in gagaku music in China and Korea. It is a wooden carving of a crouching tiger with 27 saw-like notches called sogo on its spine. A bamboo sasara called mokureki is used to strike the tiger's head three times and stroke its back three times to signal the end of the music. "敔" means to stop. It was made in China during the Zhou dynasty (c. 1200-256 BC) and was used together with an instrument called the shu, but after the Han dynasty, the shu came to be played at the beginning of a piece. It was brought to Korea from the Song dynasty during the Goryeo dynasty (918-1392) and became an instrument in gagaku music at Confucius temples.

[Maekawa Haruhisa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

中国、朝鮮の雅楽で用いられる体鳴楽器。木彫りの伏した虎(とら)の背筋に、鉏鋙(そご)とよばれる27の刻みを鋸(のこぎり)状につけたもの。木櫟(もくれき)という竹のささらで、頭を三度打ち、背を3回なで下ろして、音楽の終わりを告げる。「敔」は差し止めるの意である。中国では周代(前1200ころ~前256)にはつくられており、柷(しゅく)という楽器とともに用いられたが、漢代以後、柷は曲の始めに奏されるようになる。朝鮮には高麗(こうらい)朝(918~1392)に宋(そう)から伝えられ、孔子廟(びょう)雅楽の楽器となった。

[前川陽郁]

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