Traditional Musical Instruments
- 琵琶 Biwa
- 琴 Koto (musical instrument)
- 一絃琴 Ichigenkin
- 三線 Sanshin
- 大和琴 Yamatogoto
- 胡弓 Kokyū
- 法竹 Hocchiku
- 能管 Nohkan
- 龍笛 Ryuteki
- 尺八 Shakuhachi
- 篠笛 Shinobue
- 篳篥 Hichiriki
- 笙 Shō
- 竽 Yu (wind instrument)
- 法螺貝 Horagai
- 鞨鼓 Kakko
- 太鼓 Taiko
- 大鼓 Otsuzumi
- 小鼓 Kotsuzumi
- 鼓 Tsuzumi
- 締太鼓 Shime-Daiko
- 拍子木 Hyoshigi
- 鉦鼓 Shōko
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