The Shoso-in Treasure
y Bamboo Sho z Overall lenght 53.1cm, diameter of air chamber 7.2cm
The sho is a wind instrument used in Japanese court music. Unlike melodic hichiriki
and yokobue flutes, the sho functions more as a harmonic instrument. This example has a
pipe-shaped mouthpiece and air chanmber of black-lacquered wood, into which are set seventeen
pipes of black bamboo, belted with a strip of the same material.
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