it has a sound box shaped like an egg cut in half lengthwise and a neck with a pegbox (the part which the tuning pegs are inserted into ) bent roughly 90 degrees backwards . すなわち卵を縦に半分に割ったような形の共鳴胴に棹を付け、糸倉（ヘッド）がほぼ直角に後ろに曲がった形である。
another way is that salesclerks carry ekiben and tea using a rectangular , tray or low box shaped container , which is suspended from their necks by a belt attached to the container and kept in front of them . 売り子が帯のついた長方形の盆状か高さの低い箱状の容器に駅弁や茶を入れ、容器を前方に出す形で首から下げる。
among the various forms of camouflage , there were kasabotoke (umbrella buddha ) (the hanging scroll with the portrait of shinran was stored within a container shaped as an umbrella ) and manaita hotoke (cutting-board buddha ) (the hanging scroll with the principle image was stored within a thin wooden box shaped like a cutting board ). その偽装には傘仏（傘の形の桐材の容器に親鸞の御影の掛け軸を収めた）やまな板仏（まな板に似せた蓋つきの薄い木箱に本尊の掛け軸を納めた）などがあった。
