kotos

Noun

koto (plural kotos)

1. A Japanese stringed instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand.
   • Seated on the soft carpet with their drinks, they listened to a recording of koto, Japanese thirteen-string harp.1962, Philip K. Dick, “The Man in the High Castle”, in Four Novels of the 1960s, Library of America, published 2007, page 94

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