Chinese Quince NohkanJapanese Flute Played In Traditional Performing Arts Like Noh, Kyogen, And Kabuki Nohkan has a part called nodo (throat). Node (throat) is located between blow hole and first finger hole. An extremely high pitched sound called hishigi is produced by this. It has unique musical scale. Nohkan is said that the most expensive flutes in Japanese flutes. It's unclear to find the birth of the nohkan but it is played in noh play, which starts in Muromachi era