Although there are signs of repair, they have been neatly fixed, and there are no problems with operability or sound quality. It's neither a Satsuma type nor a Chikuzen type, and instead of a half-moon, it has decorations of the sun and moon, giving it a very strong personality, perfectly fitting the image of a Biwa Hoshi (琵琶法師 - a traveling lute player). The body and neck are made of mulberry, and the soundboard is paulownia. The plectrum is not included.