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Biwa

The biwa (Japanese: 琵琶) is a Japanese short-necked wooden lute traditionally used in narrative storytelling. The biwa is a plucked string instrument that first gained popularity in China before spreading throughout East Asia, eventually reaching Japan sometime during the Nara period (710–794).

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Necked bowl lutes · String instruments

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Biwa

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Triples82
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019608
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Biwa

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related to Use in modern music · 16
Biwa → As, Edo, Even, Heian, Ieyasu, Interest, Japan, Muromachi, Outside, Shamisen, The Edo, Todo, Tokugawa, Tokugawa Ieyasu, War, Warring States
related to history · 15
Biwa → Buddhist, Chinese, Heike, However, Japan, Japanese Imperial, Kyushu, Ritsuryō, Seeing, The, The Tale, There, This, Though, West Asia
related to Styles of biwa music · 14
Biwa → Among, Before, Both, Buddhist, Gagaku, Hōgaku, In, Indian Buddhism, Japan, Japan's, Japanese, Shōmyō, The, While
related to Biwa construction and tuning · 10
Biwa → General, Generally, In, Instead, Since, The, These, This, Western, When
related to In popular culture · 6
Biwa → Demon Slayer, In, Infinity Castle, Kimetsu, Nakime, Yaiba
Classification · 2
Biwa → Necked bowl lutes, String instruments
related to External links · 2
Biwa → Hei-kyokuPicture, Introduction
related to Types · 2
Biwa → As, There
is a · 1
Biwa → plucked string instrument that first gained popularity in China before spreading throughout East Asia
used for · 1
Biwa → contemporary compositions often have five or more frets

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used period instrument plectrum instruments japan japanese players satsuma-biwa music strings string five hōshi chikuzen-biwa also musicians tuning modern gagaku

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BiwaClassificationNecked bowl lutes1.00infobox
BiwaClassificationString instruments1.00infobox
Biwais aplucked string instrument that first gained popularity in China before spreading throughout East Asia0.90text
Takeo Hiroseinstance ofwith songs0.80text
Hitachimaruinstance ofwith songs0.80text
Hill 203 gaining popularity.Howeverinstance ofwith songs0.80text
the playing of the biwa nearly became extinct during the Meiji period following the introduction of Western musicinstance ofwith songs0.80text
instrumentsinstance ofwith songs0.80text
until players such as Tsuruta Kinshiinstance ofwith songs0.80text
others revitalized the genre with modern playing stylesinstance ofwith songs0.80text
collaborations with Western composersinstance ofwith songs0.80text
boxwood or ivoryinstance ofand made from a hard material0.80text

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