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Kokyu

 kokyu
Kokyu resembles a samisen(shamisen).
kokyu plays it with a bow like a violin.
(Japanese fiddle)



KOKYU is confused a Chinese instrument with two strings with. However, KOKYU is a Japanese musical instrument. A samisen becomes the model.
Stringed instrument