Skip to main content

Kokyu

Scope note

Japanese spike fiddles having a long neck, square body, parchment belly and back, and from two to four strings. They are held vertically by the kneeling players and rotated to select the appropriate string to be sounded by the bow, which always follows the same path.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000214336

Broader Terms used

spike fiddles

Created

13yrs ago

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Terminology definition for: kokyu" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/terminology/term-93364 Accessed: 2024-12-19 09:58:58

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/terminology/term-93364|title=Terminology definition for: kokyu|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-19 09:58:58|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/terminology/term-93364

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...