Shōko (instrument)

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

The shōko (鉦鼓) is a small bronze gong, struck with two horn beaters, used in gagaku.^[1][2] 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.

Shōko