{
  "id": "kokyu",
  "name": "Kokyū (Japanese bowed three-string)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_string",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -1,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": 1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": -1
  },
  "short": "kokyū",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "bowed_technique",
      "name": "Bow technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bowed_legato_classical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Classical legato",
          "descriptors": [
            "legato",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "classical",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "kokyu_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kokyu_mainland_square",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mainland square shamisen-type body (hardwood frame, both faces skinned)",
          "descriptors": [
            "nasal-bright",
            "delicate",
            "thin"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_okinawan_kucho",
          "name": "Okinawan kūchō (round coconut / egonoki body, ~70 cm)",
          "descriptors": [
            "coconut-shell",
            "warm",
            "island"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kokyu_skin",
      "name": "Body skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kokyu_cat_skin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Cat skin (canonical mainland)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cat-skin",
            "hide",
            "delicate",
            "rare"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_dog_skin",
          "name": "Dog skin (rugged alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dog-skin",
            "hide",
            "durable",
            "fuller"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_snakeskin",
          "name": "Python skin (Okinawan kūchō, sanshin practice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "snake-skin",
            "hide",
            "nasal-bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "snakeskin",
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic skin (modern conservation-compliant)",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic",
            "stable",
            "consistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "bowed",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kokyu_tuning",
      "name": "Stringing and tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kokyu_honchoshi_three",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Three silk strings, honchōshi (shamisen relationship, roughly an octave up)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-canonical",
            "traditional",
            "high-tuned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "classical-trained",
            "silk-strung"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_niagari_sansagari",
          "name": "Three strings, niagari / sansagari (third string raised or lowered)",
          "descriptors": [
            "regional",
            "distinct-repertoire",
            "plaintive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_matayoshi_four",
          "name": "Four strings, 20th-century added bass string (Ryukyuan extended range)",
          "descriptors": [
            "extended-range",
            "twentieth-century",
            "fuller"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "japanese"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kokyu_context",
      "name": "Ensemble role / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kokyu_sankyoku",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sankyoku third voice (koto + shamisen + kokyū, pre-shakuhachi)",
          "descriptors": [
            "chamber",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese",
            "classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_gidayu",
          "name": "Gidayū-bushi theatre colour (Shōutsushi Asagao-banashi and kin)",
          "descriptors": [
            "theatrical",
            "narrative",
            "plaintive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_owara_folk",
          "name": "Owara Kaze no Bon / Gokayama Mugiya-bushi folk lead",
          "descriptors": [
            "lead-voice",
            "festival",
            "outdoor"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_ryukyuan_classical",
          "name": "Ryukyuan classical and kumiodori accompaniment (kūchō)",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtly",
            "song-accompaniment",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese",
            "court"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "kokyu_form",
      "name": "Regional form",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kokyu_mainland_square",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mainland square shamisen-type body (hardwood frame, both faces skinned)",
          "descriptors": [
            "nasal-bright",
            "delicate",
            "thin"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese",
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_okinawan_kucho",
          "name": "Okinawan kūchō (round coconut / egonoki body, ~70 cm)",
          "descriptors": [
            "coconut-shell",
            "warm",
            "island"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese",
            "traditional"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kokyu_skin",
      "name": "Body skin",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kokyu_cat_skin",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Cat skin (canonical mainland)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cat-skin",
            "hide",
            "delicate",
            "rare"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_dog_skin",
          "name": "Dog skin (rugged alternative)",
          "descriptors": [
            "dog-skin",
            "hide",
            "durable",
            "fuller"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "traditional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_snakeskin",
          "name": "Python skin (Okinawan kūchō, sanshin practice)",
          "descriptors": [
            "snake-skin",
            "hide",
            "nasal-bright"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "snakeskin",
            "cites-app-ii"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_synthetic",
          "name": "Synthetic skin (modern conservation-compliant)",
          "descriptors": [
            "synthetic",
            "stable",
            "consistent"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "synthetic",
            "bowed",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kokyu_tuning",
      "name": "Stringing and tuning",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kokyu_honchoshi_three",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Three silk strings, honchōshi (shamisen relationship, roughly an octave up)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-canonical",
            "traditional",
            "high-tuned"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "classical-trained",
            "silk-strung"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_niagari_sansagari",
          "name": "Three strings, niagari / sansagari (third string raised or lowered)",
          "descriptors": [
            "regional",
            "distinct-repertoire",
            "plaintive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_matayoshi_four",
          "name": "Four strings, 20th-century added bass string (Ryukyuan extended range)",
          "descriptors": [
            "extended-range",
            "twentieth-century",
            "fuller"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "modern",
            "japanese"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kokyu_context",
      "name": "Ensemble role / repertoire",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "kokyu_sankyoku",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Sankyoku third voice (koto + shamisen + kokyū, pre-shakuhachi)",
          "descriptors": [
            "chamber",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "classical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese",
            "classical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_gidayu",
          "name": "Gidayū-bushi theatre colour (Shōutsushi Asagao-banashi and kin)",
          "descriptors": [
            "theatrical",
            "narrative",
            "plaintive"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment",
            "ornamented"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_owara_folk",
          "name": "Owara Kaze no Bon / Gokayama Mugiya-bushi folk lead",
          "descriptors": [
            "lead-voice",
            "festival",
            "outdoor"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "folk-tradition",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese",
            "folk"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "kokyu_ryukyuan_classical",
          "name": "Ryukyuan classical and kumiodori accompaniment (kūchō)",
          "descriptors": [
            "courtly",
            "song-accompaniment",
            "refined"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "accompaniment",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "japanese",
            "court"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}