E.What was the original taishokoto like?
The original taishokoto was called "Kiku-koto". (Kiku is chrysanthemum and koto means Japanese harp). Many books on the history of Nagoya city mentioned about the Kiku-koto as "the new two stringed musical instrument that was put on sale in Nagoya on September 9, 1912. September 9 was the day of Kiku no Sekku (Chrysanthemum Festival). So consequently it was named Kiku-koto." (#20.&21.)This instrument had the design of Chrysanthemum on its top board .
#20. Designed mark of chrysanthemum
Seen horizontally
#21. The beginning model
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#22.Watch each black and red Japanese character, the red one is correct. |
If this view is right, one can relate to his enthusiasm for his invention and naming of his instrument. On the other hand, we got a realistic opinion that the wrong character meant "Not for selling model". We investigated several " two stringed taishogotos". Every model has the black character. This means it may not be right. If the"Not for selling model"was something like a rumor and a kind of promoting way for selling, the person who thought of this idea might have said"We got it!!"as this model was thought precious and let people buy a great many. We introduce another view. He named Kiku-koto as he referred to (#23.) ●4.Kikusui crest in Japan for the appearance of taishokoto. We think that these opinions might be causes for this model being popularly sold and influenced by Mr.Goro Morita’s attractive character.
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#23.kikusui crest |