Features Superfine Kouki Uwazuno Koto Uwazuno model koto with the Kashiwaba and Shiburoku made of red sandalwood. paulownia, red sandalwood Kuchimae bag, Ogire, Koto carrying case, Pick (finger pick), Bridge (box included) A very beautiful Koto. Description Product Description The model of this koto is same as the Kouki Uwazuno Koto, but the texture of the wood is more smoothened all around. A very beautiful Koto. 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.