Japanese string instrument, part of the lute family. Wooden body is teardrop-shaped and has 3 small sound holes, 2 near the top of the soundboard/face are partially covered with white, crescent-shaped inserts and 1 is obscured under the string holder near the bottom; the string holder is made of wood with decorative white insets, it has 8 small holes through it, arranged in pairs with each string looping through two holes, allowing them to stay firmly in place without using a traditional knot. The neck is made from a separate piece of wood from the body, the two are attached via a peg at the bottom of the neck which fits snugly into a hole at the top of the body, there is no adhesive used as the pieces are meant to be taken apart for storage and transportation; there are 5 trapezoidal wooden frets of various sizes running up the neck. The pegbox is attached to the neck similarly to how the neck is attached to the body, it is rectangular with a flared finial and runs horizontal to the neck; there are 4 wooden, tapered cylindrical pegs with carved rounded ridges and white circular inserts at the outside tips. There are 4 strings of varying thickness, most likely made from silk.