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The ''minteki'' ("469 shinteki", KMFA: Koizumi Fumio Memorial Archives
retrieved 2 July 2015
The ''minteki'' (kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, 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 and are ...
: 明笛; also called ''shinteki'' (kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, 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 and are ...
: 清笛)) is a Japanese transverse bamboo flute
The bamboo flute, especially the bone flute, is one of the oldest musical instruments known. Examples of Paleolithic flutes, Paleolithic bone flutes have survived for more than 40,000 years, to be discovered by archaeologists. While the oldest f ...
, 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 instrumentsReferences
{{Traditional Japanese musical instruments Side-blown flutes Japanese musical instruments Bamboo flutes