Koto Music

	Koto Music Koto may refer to: * Koto (band), an Italian synth pop group * Koto (instrument), a Japanese musical instrument * Koto (kana), a ligature of two Japanese katakana * Koto (traditional clothing), a traditional dress made by Afro-Surinamese women * Koto, Konjic, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Koto, Tokyo, a ward of Tokyo * KOTO (FM), a National Public Radio-affiliated radio station licensed to Telluride, Colorado * ''Pterygota bequaertii'', a timber species referred to by the trade name "Koto" * The novel ''The Old Capital'' by Yasunari Kawabata, titled ''Koto'' in Japanese Languages * Orejón language Orejón (Oregon), also Coto or ''Maijiki'', is a moribund Tucanoan language of Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the Stat ... (also known as Koto language) * Coixoma language (also known as Koto language) * Okpoto language (Nupoid) (also known as Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Koto (band) Koto is an Italo disco group that originally consisted of Anfrando Maiola and Stefano Cundari, later with the Dutch composer Michiel van der Kuy. History In 1982, Italian musician Anfrando Maiola (b. 1954 in Parma, Italy) teamed up with Stefano Cundari and Alessandro Zanni and released their first single "Chinese Revenge" on Cellophane Record (Studio Veronica's label). The following year, Cundari and Zanni formed Memory Records and re-released "Chinese Revenge". The single proved to be very popular in Italy, selling over 10,000 copies. It also proved to be a minor hit in Germany and the Netherlands. After the success of "Chinese Revenge", they began writing songs for other bands, including Baby's Gang ("Happy Song", "Challenger"), and helped fellow Italian band " Hipnosis" cover Vangelis' song "Pulstar". It was released in 1983, going Top 10 in Germany and Top 20 in Switzerland. The same year, Maiola and Cundari released another single " Japanese War Game", under the Koto na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Koto (instrument) The is a Japanese plucked half-tube zither instrument, and the national instrument of Japan. It is derived from the Chinese and , and similar to the Mongolian , the Korean and , the Vietnamese , the Sundanese and the Kazakhstan . Koto are roughly in length, and made from Paulownia wood ('' Paulownia tomentosa'', known as ). The most common type uses 13 strings strung over movable bridges used for tuning, different pieces possibly requiring different tuning. 17-string koto are also common, and act as bass in ensembles. Koto strings are generally plucked using three fingerpicks (), worn on the first three fingers of the right hand. Names and types The character for ''koto'' is , although is often used. However, (''koto'') is the general term for all string instruments in the Japanese language,(jaKotobank koto/ref> including instruments such as the , , , , , and so on. When read as , it indicates the Chinese instrument . The term is used today in the same way. The term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Koto (kana) Koto (hiragana: , katakana: ヿ) is one of the Japanese kana. It is a polysyllabic kana which represents two morae. Both the hiragana and katakana forms represent . is a combination (ligature) of the hiragana graphs of ko (こ) and to (と), while ヿ originates from the Chinese character 事. In Unicode See also * Ko (kana) * To (kana) * Yori (kana) * Katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived f ... Specific kana {{Writingsystem-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Koto (traditional Clothing) The koto is a traditional dress from the Afro-Surinamese or Creole women in Suriname. Women who wear the dress are called ''kotomisi''Suriname Facts Countryreports (''misi'' means miss in Sranan Tongo Sranan Tongo (also Sranantongo "Surinamese tongue," Sranan, Surinaams, Surinamese, Surinamese Creole) is an English-based creole language that is spoken as a ''lingua franca'' by approximately 550,000 people in Suriname. Developed originally amo ... ). Different kotos exist for various occasions like weddings or funerals. The development of the koto as regular dress is not complete but it is still used in special occasions like the koto-dansi. With the koto, women wear a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Koto, Konjic Koto is a village in the Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, municipality of Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 15, all Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosniaks. References Populated places in Konjic {{HerzegovinaNeretvaCanton-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	KOTO (FM) KOTO (91.7 FM) is a National Public Radio-affiliated radio station licensed to Telluride, Colorado, United States. The station is currently owned by San Miguel Educational Fund. Translators In addition to the main station, KOTO is relayed by an additional four translators to widen its broadcast area. See also List of community radio stations in the United States References External links KOTO official website {{NPR Colorado KOTO Community radio stations in the United States OTO Oto, Ōtō, or OTO may refer to: People * Oto (name), including a list of people with the name The Otoe tribe (also spelled Oto), a Native American people Places Oto, Spain, a village in the Valle de Broto, in Huesca, Aragon * Otorohanga, a to ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pterygota Bequaertii ''Pterygota bequaertii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, and Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o .... It is threatened by exploitation as a timber tree. The wood has the trade name koto. References Sterculioideae Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman {{Sterculioideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Old Capital is a novel by Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata first published in 1962. It was one of three novels cited by the Nobel Committee in their decision to award Kawabata the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature. ''The Old Capital'' was first translated into English in 1987 by J. Martin Holman. A revised edition of Holman's translation was published in February 2006. Plot Chieko Sada is the daughter of Takichiro and Shige, who operate a wholesale dry goods shop in the Nakagyo Ward of Kyoto. Now twenty, Chieko has known since she was in middle school that she was a foundling adopted by Takichiro and Shige. However, as told by Shige, they snatched Chieko when she was a baby "Under the cherry blossoms at night at Gion Shrine". The discrepancy on whether Chieko was a foundling or stolen is part of the plot and is revealed later in the story. Soon after a chance encounter at Yasaka Shrine, Chieko learns of a twin sister Naeko, who had remained in her home village in Kitayama working in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Orejón Language Orejón (Oregon), also Coto or ''Maijiki'', is a moribund Tucanoan language of Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy f .... Writing system The letters can also be written as in the National Register of Identity and Civil Status of Peru. Nasal vowels have an underlined stroke and tones are indicated using diacritics: * low-tone vowels with the grave accent ; * high-tone vowels with the acute accent ; * low-tone nasal vowels with the macron below and grave accent ; * high-tone nasal vowels with the macron below and acute accent . References Languages of Peru Tucanoan languages {{Peru-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Coixoma Language Koihoma (Coixoma), also known ambiguously as Coto (Koto) and Orejone (Orejón), neither its actual name, is an extinct, apparently Witotoan language of Peru.Campbell, Lyle. (1997). ''American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America''. New York: Oxford University Press. . In popular culture In Steven Spielberg's film ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' is a 2008 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and the fourth installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' series. Released and taking place 19 years after the previous ...'' (2008), Indiana Jones identifies Koihoma language on a mysterious letter written by Harold Oxley, although he explains to Mutt Williams that nobody speaks that language anymore. He quite contradictorily defines it a "Latin American language" that became extinct centuries before Spanish and Portuguese were introduced to the Americas. Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Okpoto Language (Nupoid) Ebira (pronounced as /eh 'be ra/; also known as Igbira, Egbura, or Okene) is a Niger-Congo language. It is spoken by around 2 million people in North central Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o .... It is the most divergent Nupoid language. Dialects Varieties of Ebira are:Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list'. Tao dialect, the more prominent dialect used in media and publishing. It is spoken to the west of the Niger-Benue confluence Koto (Okpoto) dialect, spoken to the northeast of the Niger-Benue confluence. It is known only from a wordlist in Sterk (1978a). Blench (2019) lists Okene, Etuno (Tụnọ), and Koto. References Nupoid languages {{VoltaNiger-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]