Small drum - Kotsuzumi

Japanese: 小鼓 - こつづみ

A Japanese string-fastened membranous instrument. The body is 25-26 cm long and made of high-quality cherry wood. At both ends of the body are attached iron rings about 20 cm in diameter, with horsehide sewn with thread. The membrane is fastened with hemp string called tateshirabe, and then wrapped with yokoshirabe. The tension on the skin surface is adjusted by manipulating this. Generally, the player sits upright and holds the shirabe in his left hand, places the instrument on his right shoulder, and plays by striking the skin surface with the fingertips of his right hand. In Noh, the player sits on a stool. The kotsuzumi is an instrument that descends from the ikko (a single drum), and was perfected as a component instrument of the four-beat Nohgaku. Thus, four schools were born: the Kanze school, the Koryu school, the Kosei school, and the Okura school. With the development of Kabuki, the heads of schools such as Tanaka, Rokugo, Mochizuki, Fukuhara, Kashiwa, and Katada were born and competed with each other in their techniques from the late Edo period onwards.

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Japanese:

日本の紐締式膜鳴楽器。良質の桜材でつくった長さ 25～26cmの砂時計型の胴の両端に，直径約 20cmの鉄の輪に馬皮を糸で縫いつけた膜を当て，これを縦調べと呼ばれる麻紐で締めつけ，さらに横調べを巻き，これを操作することによって皮面に加わる張力を加減する。一般には，正座した奏者が左手で調べを握って楽器を右肩に載せ，右手の指先で皮面を打って奏する。能の場合には床几に腰掛けて演奏する。小鼓は一鼓 (いっこ) の系統を引く楽器で，能楽の四拍子の構成楽器として完成し，したがって観世流，幸流，幸清流，大倉流の4流が生れた。また歌舞伎の発達とともに田中，六郷，望月，福原，柏，堅田などの家元が生れ江戸時代後期以後その技術を競った。

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