The Shakubyoshi (kanji: 笏拍子; is a Japanese musical instrument consisting of two wooden slabs that are struck together. It is the oldest Japanese percussion...

and/or the hichiriki, with the possible addition of a yamatogoto and shakubyoshi claves. There are several mikagura dances, including: The Yamato Mai...

– a pair of sticks which are beaten together slowly and rhythmically Shakubyoshi (also called shaku) – clapper made from a pair of flat wooden sticks...

Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū. It is performed by singers and musicians using shakubyoshi wooden clappers, a hichiriki, a kagura-bue flute, and a six-stringed...

wagon (和琴), kagura-bue (神楽笛), hichiriki (篳篥), suzu (鈴), tsuzumi (鼓), and shakubyōshi (笏拍子) clappers. In local festivals the kane (鉦), binzasara (編木), and...

decorated hourglass-shaped drum San-no-tsuzumi (三の鼓), hourglass-shaped drum Shakubyoshi (笏拍子, also called shaku), clapper made from a pair of flat wooden sticks...

of the uchimono (打物, 'percussion instruments'), which are replaced by shakubyoshi (笏拍子), wooden sticks used for rhythm. It may have developed out of music...