San gen da kin

San gen da kin dulcimer of Japan, built in an ornate lacquered box, often scalloped, generally with 14 courses of 3 strings each, occasionally with 15 pairs of strings. It corresponds to the Chin. yang ch'in (149). Norlind, Tobias. Systematik der Saiteninstrumente. Stockholm, 1936; Hanover, 1939.