page_title: Taishōgoto
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Taishōgoto / History
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 立奏用の大正琴、三創楽器の「ショルダーハープ」。「2018楽器フェア」にて撮影。 I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. English: A new type of Taishōgoto, SHOULDER-HARP, made by SANSO-Gakki. Taken at Musical Instruments Fair Japan 2018. I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. 中文（中国大陆）‎: 三创乐器公司新式大正琴 SHOULDER-HARP 拍照地点 2018年日本东京国际乐器展 I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
context_page_description: The taishōgoto, or Nagoya harp, is a Japanese stringed musical instrument. The name derives from the Taishō period when the instrument first appeared. It has also become naturalized in East Africa, often under the name Taishokoto.
context_section_description: The Taishōgoto was developed in 1912 by the musician Gorō Morita in Nagoya. He had received a scholarship from the first prime minister of Japan to study music instruments in Europe and the United States for two years. He subsequently came up with the idea of combining the mechanics of a typewriter with an instrument.
  The taishōgoto bears a close resemblance to the bulbul tarang from India, and the akkordolia from Germany, all sharing the same principle of using keys to press down on strings to change their pitch. It also bears some resemblance to the Swedish nyckelharpa for the same reason although the action and the method of playing the strings is very different.
  The instrument was used by the Krautrock band Harmonia during the 1970s.
caption: the shoulder strapped model named SHOULDER-HARP
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