Koto | Japanese Culture

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KET Kentucky KY Kentucky Department of Education Kentucky educational television KET Arts toolkit arts arts toolkit toolkit social studies culture Japanese culture Japanese traditional music koto instrument Kazue Sawai Tadao Sawai plectrums ji vibrato stringed instrument
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The Arts
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Classroom Teacher / Educator
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Koto | Japanese Culture

Kazue Sawai, a well-known koto player and widow of Tadao Sawai, who is considered the greatest modern koto player, performs “Midare” (“Chaos”) on the traditional Japanese instrument. Used with permission of Films for the Humanities and Sciences, a division of Films Media Group, Princeton, NJ. All rights reserved.
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PBS Learning Media

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