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Gottan

The gottan (Hiragana: ごったん), also known as the hako shamisen ("box shamisen") or ita shamisen ("board shamisen"), is a traditional Japanese three-stringed plucked instrument, often regarded as either a relative or derivative of the sanshin, itself a relative of the shamisen.

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Gottan

Nodes24
Edges23
Triples9
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.083333
Components1

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related to overview · 6
Gottan → Buddhist, In, It, Kyushu, Shinto, The
related to Differences · 3
Gottan → Japanese, Like, The

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instrument sanshin kyushu often kagoshima miyazaki shamisen musical okinawan also known ita traditional japanese regarded relative primarily region hiragana prefectures

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Gottanrelated to DifferencesThe0.60section
Gottanrelated to DifferencesJapanese0.60section
Gottanrelated to DifferencesLike0.60section
Gottanrelated to overviewThe0.60section
Gottanrelated to overviewIt0.60section
Gottanrelated to overviewKyushu0.60section
Gottanrelated to overviewIn0.60section
Gottanrelated to overviewBuddhist0.60section
Gottanrelated to overviewShinto0.60section

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