Solo Koto - Japanese Strings For Quiet Reflection And Sleep

A single koto speaks in long, spare phrases — each note plucked, bent, and left to ring fully into the silence.

The koto is a 13-string plucked zither and one of Japan's most treasured instruments, refined in court and chamber music since the Edo period. Played with ivory picks, its strings are bent and slid to draw out long, expressive tones, while moveable bridges shape the pitch of each string. Here it plays alone — nothing to compete with its resonance.