Examples of “koto” in a Sentence

noun A Japanese stringed instrument with a long wooden body and usually thirteen strings, played by plucking with picks worn on the fingers.

• Seated on the soft carpet with their drinks, they listened to a recording of koto, Japanese thirteen-string harp. — Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle (1962)
• She performed a traditional piece on the koto.
• The koto's strings are stretched over a curved soundboard.