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The ''minteki'' ("469 shinteki", KMFA: Koizumi Fumio Memorial Archives
retrieved 2 July 2015
The ''minteki'' (kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
: 明笛; also called ''shinteki'' (kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
: 清笛)) is a Japanese transverse
Transverse may refer to:
*Transverse engine, an engine in which the crankshaft is oriented side-to-side relative to the wheels of the vehicle
*Transverse flute, a flute that is held horizontally
* Transverse force (or ''Euler force''), the tangen ...
bamboo flute
The bamboo flute, especially the bone flute, is one of the oldest musical instruments known. Examples of Paleolithic bone flutes have survived for more than 40,000 years, to be discovered by archaeologists. While the oldest flutes currently kn ...
, a fue. It was first introduced to Japan from China in 1629. It is found in minshingaku (明清楽) ensembles.retrieved 2 July 2015
See also
* Ryuteki *Bamboo musical instruments
Bamboos natural hollow form makes it an obvious choice for many musical instruments.
Overview
Bamboo has been used to create a variety of instruments including flutes, mouth organs, saxophones, trumpets, drums, xylophones.
Flutes
There are num ...
References
{{Traditional Japanese musical instruments Side-blown flutes Japanese musical instruments Bamboo flutes