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Ryuteki

Scope note

Japanese transverse flutes used in court music and some folk dances, made from a single tube of bamboo. They resemble the "nokan" in having seven equidistant fingerholes, a balancing weight in the upper end, a red-lacquered bore, and a wrapping of bark or twine, but are distinct in having a patch of ornament embroidered on a red ground on the upper end and in lacking the nokan's characteristic tube inserted into the bore between the mouth hole and nearest fingerhole.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000216728

Broader Terms used

transverse flutes

Term used for

o-teki
oteki
ryu teki
yoko fuye

Created

13yrs ago

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