Separation of Lanthanides/ Lanthanides and Actinides
Japan's brief history
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6. Often likened to a banjo, it
consists of a snakeskincovered body, neck and
three strings.
Traditionally, it was covered with
the skin of the Burmese python,
but today, due to CITES
regulations, the skin of the python
reticulatus is also used. A
bamboo bridge raises the strings
off the skin.
7. The tonkori is a plucked
string instrument played
by the Ainu
people of Hokkaidō,
northern Japan
and Sakhalin. It
generally has five
strings, which are not
stopped or fretted but
simply played "open".The
instrument is believed to
have been developed in
Sakhalin. By the 1970s
the instrument was
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10. A banjo-like lute with three
strings, the shamisen was brought
to Japan from China in the 16th
century. Popular in Edo's pleasure
districts, the shamisen was often
used in Kabuki theater. Made
from red sandalwood and ranging
from 1.1 to 1.4 meters long, the
shamisen has ivory pegs, strings
made from twisted silk, and a belly
covered in cat or dog skin. The
strings, which are of different
thickness, are plucked or struck
with a tortoise shell pick.
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12. Made of split and tapered strips of smoked
bamboo (susudake) or burned bamboo
(yakidake), glued together to form a
tapering conical bore. The smoking
carbonizes the bamboo and preserves it.
The split strips of bamboo are reversed to
place the hard bamboo surface on the
inside for improved acoustics. Some
modern versions of nohkan use an
interior coating oftempera paint for this.
The strips are then glued together, bound
with thin strips of twisted cherry bark
(kabamaki) and lacquered to make the
conical tube
The nohkan plays a strong high pitch
(hishigi) that is rich with high
frequency harmonics.
13. Shakuhachi is
a Japanese endblownflute. It was
originally introduced
from China into Japan in
the 8th century and
underwent a resurgence
in the early Edo Period.
The shakuhachi is
traditionally made
of bamboo, but versions
now exist
in ABS and hardwoods.
It was used by the
monks of the Fuke
schoolof Zen Buddhism i
n the practice
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29. "Sakura Sakura" "Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms"), also
known as "Sakura", is a traditional Japanese folk
song depicting spring, the season of cherry blossoms.
Contrary to popular belief, the song did not originate in
ancient times; it was a popular, urban melody of the Edo
period and was adopted as a piece for beginning koto students
in the Tokyo Academy of Music Collection of Japanese Koto
Music issued in 1888 (in English) by the Department of
Education.[The song has been popular since the Meiji period,
and the lyrics in their present form were attached then. It is
often sung in international settings as a song representative of
Japan.
In 2007, it was selected for Nihon no Uta Hyakusen, a
collection of songs and nursery rhymes widely beloved in
Japan.
