Two-stringed harp - Nigenkin

Japanese: 二弦琴 - にげんきん

A Japanese stringed instrument. There are the Yakumokin and the derived Oriental two-stringed koto. The Yakumokin is also called the Izumokin or Tamakin, and is said to have been invented by Nakayama Kotono. The koto performer Kuzuhara Koto also invented a two-stringed koto that he named the "bamboo koto." Kabuki musician Tosha Ashifune improved the Yakumokin to invent the Oriental two-stringed koto, which could be played with the Nagauta shamisen and its accompaniment. Both the Yakumokin and Oriental two-stringed koto were very popular until the mid-Meiji period, but today there are only a limited number of players, except for the Yakumokin, which is used as religious music by the Omoto sect.

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Japanese:

日本の弦楽器。八雲琴とそれから派生した東流二弦琴とがある。八雲琴は「出雲琴」とも「玉琴」とも呼ばれ，中山琴主の創案と伝えられる。別に箏曲家葛原勾当も「竹琴」と名づけた二弦琴を創案した。歌舞伎囃子方の藤舎芦船は，八雲琴を改良して長唄三味線およびその囃子などとも合奏しうるようにした「東流二弦琴」を創案した。八雲琴も東流二弦琴も明治中期までは大いに流行したが，八雲琴が大本教の宗教楽として用いられているほかは，現在ではごく限られた演奏者を数えるのみとなっている。

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