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Gekkin

Scope note

Japanese plucked lutelike chordophones having two pairs of strings, a flat body of wood, a short fretted neck with lateral pegs, and a metal lamella affixed to the interior of the body.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000214048

Created

12yrs ago

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