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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
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 flutes, Paleolithic bone flutes have survived for more than 40,000 years, to be discovered by archaeologists. While the oldest f ...
, a fue
Fue or FUE may refer to:
* Fue (flute), a class of flutes native to Japan.
* Borgu Fulfulde language, spoken in Benin and Togo
* Follicular unit extraction
* French University of Egypt
* Future University in Egypt
* Fuerteventura Airport, in ...
. 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. In South and South East Asia, traditional uses of bamboo the instrument include various types of woodwind instruments, such as flutes, and devices like xylopho ...
References
{{Traditional Japanese musical instruments Side-blown flutes Japanese musical instruments Bamboo flutes