Hitsu no koto

Hitsu no koto obs. Jap. koto of great antiquity, said to have originally possessed 50 strings, subsequently reduced to 23 or even fewer. It measured 2.45 m. (8 ft.) in length and was 53 cm. (21 in.) wide. Cf. sho hitsu no koto (149, 157). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Norlind, Tobias. Systematik der Saiteninstrumente. Stockholm, 1936; Hanover, 1939. Piggott, Francis. The Music and Musical Instruments of Japan. London. 1909.