大和琴

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大和琴

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Yamatogoto

大和琴 (yamatogoto): Fujiwara no Otsugu playing the six-stringed yamatogoto.

Alternative spelling
倭琴

Compound of 大和 (Yamato, ancient name for Japan) +‎ 琴 (koto, “a koto, a zither”).^[1] The koto changes to goto as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

大和(やまと)琴(ごと) • (yamatogoto)

(music) a six-stringed koto or zither used to perform kagura music, more common in ancient times

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN