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Sho

Scope note

Mouth organs of Japan, descended from the Chinese "sheng", having a lacquered wood bowl for a windchest, a short mouthpiece, and 17 bamboo pipes arranged in a circle in symmetrical order, two of which are silent, with neither reed nor fingerhole.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000212030

Broader Terms used

mouth organs

Created

13yrs ago

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