cura

Japanese: cura
cura

...It is played with a cherry bark or plastic plectrum in the right hand. The instrument is called different names depending on its size: large ones are called divan, medium ones are called bağlama, and small ones are called cura. It is widely loved as an accompaniment to folk songs and folk dances, and is especially used by minstrels called âşik or ozan to accompany narrative songs.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "cura" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…右手に桜の樹皮やプラスチックの撥(ばち)を持って奏する。 楽器のサイズにより呼称が異なり,大型のものはディワンdivan,中型はバーラマbağlama,小型はジュラcuraと呼ぶ。おもに民謡や民俗舞踊の伴奏楽器として広く愛好され,特にアーシュクâşikとかオザンozanと呼ばれる吟遊詩人たちが叙事的歌の伴奏に使う。…

※「cura」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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