Originally tegoto referred to instrumental parts in jiuta and kokyugaku pieces; however, since around the middle of the Edo period, tegoto began to be performed in concert with koto (a Japanese harp), and it came to be played also as sokyoku. |
手事はもともと地歌曲、胡弓楽曲の楽式部分であるが、江戸時代中期になると地歌に箏が合奏されるようになり、箏曲としても手事が演奏されるようになった。 |