Shōko

This article is about the gong instrument. For the drum instrument, see tsuzumi.

Shōko

The shōko (kanji: 鉦鼓) is a small bronze gong, struck with two horn beaters, used in Japanese gagaku. It is suspended in a vertical frame and comes in three sizes. In Buddhist music and Japanese folk music the instrument is called kane/shō.

Traditional Japanese musical instruments

String

Plucked	Biwa Ichigenkin Koto Kugo Sanshin Gottan Kankara Shamisen Yamatogoto Tonkori

Bowed	Kokyū

Wind

Flutes and
oboes

Gakubue Kagurabue Komabue Minteki Nōkan Ryūteki Shinobue Yokobue

Hichiriki Hotchiku Shakuhachi

Free-reed
pipes

Shō
Yu

Horns

Horagai

Percussion

Drums	Kakko Taiko Ōtsuzumi Shime-daiko Tsuzumi Tsuri-daiko Ikko San-no-tsuzumi Den-den daiko

Blocks	Hyōshigi Mokugyo Sasara Ita-sasara Binzasara Kokiriko Shakubyoshi Sanba

Gongs	Shōko Kagura suzu Kane

Others

Mukkuri

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