Title Miniature Koto

  • Fukuoka
Topic(s):
Historic Sites/Castle Ruins
Medium/Media of Use:
Web Page
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2019
Associated Tourism Board:
Preservation and Utilization Council of "Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region"
Associated Address:
Munakata-shi , Fukuoka

金剛製雛形五弦琴

この弦楽器は、中国の箏から発展した倭琴として知られる日本固有の琴の雛形品です。この琴の最大の特徴は、琴の頭の形が、広がった「凧の尾」であることです。これは、神宝館でも展示されている雛形織機と同じく沖ノ島の祭場で発見されました。雛形琴の弦は実際に音を出すことが出来ます。同様の琴は、皇室の祖先を祀る本殿・伊勢神宮の神器の一つでもあります。このことから、沖ノ島で行われた儀式は、8世紀に中央集権的な統治体制の下で後に行われた同様の律令祭祀に先行していたことを示唆しています。


Miniature Koto

This stringed instrument is a miniature version of a Japanese native koto known as a Yamato goto, which developed from the Chinese zither. Most characteristic of this koto is the shape of the head, a flared “kite tail.” It was discovered at the same ritual site on Okinoshima as the miniature loom, also on display at the Shimpokan. The strings of the miniature koto actually make sound. A similar koto is also one of the Divine Treasures at Ise Jingu, the main shrine for venerating the ancestors of the imperial family. This suggests that the rituals performed on Okinoshima preceded similar ritsuryo ceremonies that later took place under a more centralized system of governance in the eighth century.


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