Japanese scales

Paul Hahn wrote,

>?? I don't think we're talking about the same scale. I mean the one
>that's approximated in 12TET by 2-1-4-1-4.

That's the Hirajoshi scale, a very important Japanese scale. The minor
pentatonic scale is 3-2-2-3-2, more common throughout the world but less
so in Japan, where it is known as Minyo.