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Suikinkutsu-LS100128
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From Wikipedia
A suikinkutsu (水琴窟; lit. 'water koto cavern') is a type of Japanese garden ornament and music device. It consists of an upside down buried pot with a hole at the top. Water drips through the hole at the top onto a small pool of water inside of the pot, creating a pleasant splashing sound that rings inside of the pot similar to a bell or Japanese zither. It is usually built next to a traditional Japanese stone basin called chōzubachi, part of a tsukubai for washing hands before the Japanese tea ceremony.
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Sources & credits
- Suikinkutsu recording by derivative work: Torsodog ( talk ) Waterharpsound.ogg : Shizhao – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Suikinkutsu-LS100128 by Fg2 – Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1196263 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Suikinkutsu – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Image by Flickr user rhosoi (Ryosuke Hosoi) – CC BY 2.0