Instruments
PIPA: a plucked, pear-shaped Chinese string instrument
YANGQUIN: a Chinese hammer dulcimer
GAYAGEUM: a Korean zither-like instrument (related to the koto and guzheng) that typically has 12 or 21 strings
PIRI: a Korean double reed instrument, typically made of bamboo
FUE: several different kinds of Japanese flutes, generally made of bamboo (the most popular is the shakuhachi)
TAIKO: a drum in Japan
SANSHIN: a three-stringed plucked instrument from Okinawa, Japan often made with snakeskin (predecessor of the Japanese shamisen)
CHANGGU DRUM: Korean traditional hourglass-shaped drum
KOTO: traditional Japanese stringed and plucked instrument (related to the Korean gayageum and Chinese guzheng)