Gusle

Japanese: gusle
Gusle

...a bowed instrument with one or two strings used by the South Slavs, especially in Serbia, Bosnia, and Dalmatia in Yugoslavia, to accompany the singing of oral folk epics. In Serbo-Croatian it is called gusle. The soundboard is made of a rounded body (made of pine, ash, olive, etc.) with a membrane covering the surface, and the strings are made of twisted horsehair.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "gusle" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…南スラブ族,特にユーゴスラビアのセルビア,ボスニア,ダルマツィアなどで口承民間叙事詩を歌う際の伴奏に用いられる民族楽器で,1弦または2弦の擦弦楽器。セルボ・クロアチア語ではグスレgusleと呼ぶ。背の丸い胴(材質はマツ,トネリコ,オリーブの木など)の表面に皮膜をはって響板にし,馬の毛をよって弦を張る。…

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