Se - Shitsu

Japanese: 瑟 - しつ
Se - Shitsu

A stringed instrument used in Chinese gagaku music. It belongs to the zither family and has a wider body than the Japanese koto. It usually has 25 strings, but there are 23 to 27 strings, and Chinese mythology tells of a man named Pangxi who made one with 50 strings. A 116 cm long and 40 cm wide instrument was discovered in the Mawangdui Han Tombs (2nd century BC) in Changsha, Hunan Province, and a larger one measuring 2 meters long and 80 cm wide was discovered in later times. There is evidence that it was introduced to Japan, and the tail plate of a 24-string koto remains in the Shosoin Repository. It is played in the same way as the koto, with a pillar set up and the strings plucked with the right hand. In China, it is always played with a kin, which gave rise to the expression "koto setsu aiwasu" (harmony between two people) as an analogy for a loving and harmonious relationship between a husband and wife.

[Yoko Hashimoto]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

中国の雅楽で使われた弦楽器。チター属に属し、日本の箏(そう)の胴を幅広くした形。25弦が普通だが、23~27弦まであり、中国神話には庖犧(ほうぎ)氏が50弦のものをつくったと伝える。湖南(こなん/フーナン)省長沙(ちょうさ/チャンシャー)馬王堆(まおうたい)漢墓(前2世紀)から長さ116センチメートル、幅約40センチメートルのものが発見されたほか、後世には長さ約2メートル、幅約80センチメートルの大型のものがある。日本にも伝来した形跡があり、正倉院に24弦の瑟の尾部の板が残っている。奏法は箏と同様で、柱(じ)を立て、右手で弦をはじく。中国ではかならず琴(きん)とともに用いることから、夫婦の仲がむつまじいことのたとえに「琴瑟相和(あいわ)す」のことばが生まれた。

[橋本曜子]

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