Features Kouki Uwazuno Koto An Uwazuno model koto with the Kashiwaba and Shiburoku made of red sandalwood. Paulownia, Shitan Kuchimae bag, Ogire, Koto carrying case, Pick (finger pick), Bridge (box included) Description Product Description This model is bordered just like the Shitan Uwazuno Koto, but it is made with a higher-class sandalwood, called red sandalwood. The texture of the paulownia is so beautiful. The koto will be stringed when it is delivered. (please do the tuning by yourself) It is said that the Koto was brought to Japan from China during the Tang Dynasty just before the Nara period. In those days the koto was used as an instrument of orchestral music for the Japanese court music. It is said that a style called 'tsukushiryu' was the origin of koto music in Japan. This is because a priest of Zendo-ji temple in Kyushu District - Higashikurume area called 'Kenjun', was affected by Japanese court music and koto music, and achieved a success of koto music at the last years of the Muromachi period.