The tonkori is a plucked string instrument played by the Ainu people of Hokkaidō, northern Japan and Sakhalin.
The Ainu are an indigenous people of Japan and Russia.
According to the Asahi Shimbun, the Ainu will participate in the opening ceremony of the Olympic games 2020 in Japan. The space will open on April 24, 2020, prior to the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games scheduled in the same year, in Shiraoi, Hokkaidō. The park will serve as base for the protection and promotion of Ainu people, culture and language.
The Ainu Civilisation have a long History with diffrent patterns and musical Instruments who show specific meanings. The Tonkori is one of that. The Backside painting i made with Historical Pictures about the Ainu from: