口琴びやぼん

noun

Edo-period mouth harp

A historical Japanese mouth harp with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue, used during the Edo period.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんで江え戸ど時じ代だいのびやぼんを見みた。

  I saw an Edo-period mouth harp at the museum.

• びやぼんは、小ちいさな枠わくに細ほそ長ながい舌したがついた楽がっ器きだ。

  The biyabon is an instrument with a small frame and a long, thin tongue.