One section cut - One passage cut

A type of shakuhachi with five holes and one section. It is named after the bamboo tube that contains only one section. The standard length is 1 shaku 1 sun 1 bu (approximately 33.6 cm), which is much shorter and thinner than the Fuke shakuhachi. It is made from the middle of a Madake bamboo trunk, and the section is placed between the fifth hole (the back hole) and the fourth hole. It has the same mouthpiece as the shakuhachi, with the outer surface cut off at an angle, but there are few that have a cow horn embedded in it, and it differs from the Fuke shakuhachi in that the end closer to the root is placed at the top. It is said to have been introduced in the mid-Muromachi period, and was popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. Compared to the Fuke shakuhachi, the basic playing method is almost the same, but the volume and range are inferior, and the mouthpiece and finger holes are small, making the technique somewhat difficult. As a result, it gradually declined, and although it was temporarily revived in the early 19th century under the name Kotake, it lost its transmitters after the mid-19th century.

[Tsukikawa Tsuneko]

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5孔1節の尺八の一種。節を一つだけ含む竹管の意からこの名がある。標準管長は1尺1寸1分（約33.6センチメートル）で、普化(ふけ)尺八よりかなり短く細い。マダケの幹の中ほどを用い、節を第5孔（裏孔）と第4孔の間に置く。外面を斜めに切り落とした尺八と同じ歌口をもつが、そこに牛角を埋め込んだものは少なく、また根に近いほうを上にするところなど、普化尺八と異なる。伝来は室町時代中期と伝えられ、16～17世紀に盛行をみた。普化尺八と比べると、基本的奏法はほぼ同じだが、音量・音域が劣り、歌口・指孔が小さいため、技法がやや困難である。そのためしだいに衰微し、19世紀初期に小竹(こたけ)と改名して一時再興されたものの、同中期以後は伝承者を失った。

［月溪恒子］

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