The shamisen (三味線), also known as sangen (三絃) or samisen (all meaning "three strings"), is a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument derived...

heike shamisen (Japanese: 平家三味線), is a Japanese musical instrument, member of the shamisen family. Like its other counterparts, the heike shamisen has three...

(chanters), and shamisen musicians. Occasionally other instruments such as taiko drums will be used. The combination of chanting and shamisen playing is called...

the shamisen since a very young age. They both began to study and play the shamisen at the age of five under Koka Adachi, learning the Minyō-shamisen style;...

and the Mysterious Shamisen (Japanese: 妖絃怪猫伝(Yōgen Kwaibyō den), Hepburn: Kaibyō nazo no shamisen), or Ghost Cat's Mysterious Shamisen, is a 1938 Japanese...

Kyoto. Their jobs consist of performing songs, dances, and playing the shamisen or other traditional Japanese instruments for visitors during banquets...

Tsugaru-jamisen (津軽三味線, つがるじゃみせん) or Tsugaru-shamisen (つがるしゃみせん) refers to both the Japanese genre of shamisen music originating from Tsugaru Peninsula in...

who was an accomplished shamisen player, Setsu Sawamura leaves Aomori and moves to Tokyo having lost his passion for the shamisen. He bumps into the aspiring...

countries, for example to the Ryukyus as sanshin and mainland Japan as shamisen. The sanxian has a dry, somewhat percussive tone and loud volume similar...

the Edo period (1603–1867), pieces in the jiuta style were played on the shamisen, and were mostly regional to Kamigata. The name jiuta means 'song' (歌,...

The gottan (ごったん), also known as the hako shamisen ("box shamisen") or ita shamisen ("board shamisen"), is a traditional Japanese three-stringed plucked...

exists in Okinawa, called kūchō (胡弓) in Okinawan. The kokyū, like the shamisen, has its origins in Okinawa. Although it is similar to Chinese huqin, it...

accompanied by a shamisen. Typically there are multiple uta singers singing together. The second type is called aikata. It involves shamisen music without...

an Okinawan precursor of the mainland Japanese (and Amami Islands) shamisen Shamisen (三味線) – a banjo-like lute with three strings; brought to Japan from...

with traditional shamisen music using only minor thirds and sixths in its composition. All geisha must learn to play the shamisen, alongside additional...

are typically no longer than 3 minutes in length,: 9  are played on the shamisen,: 56  and are generally accompanied by singing and traditional dance. The...

nagauta and shamisen skills. He was the younger brother of actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Shintaro Katsu began his career in entertainment as a shamisen player...

making the bridge and also the neck of the Japanese musical instrument shamisen. The heartwood is preferred for this purpose. Pterocarpus santalinus is...

on the shamisen and used in kabuki theater, primarily to accompany dance and to provide reflective interludes. It is uncertain when the shamisen was first...

A Japanese man playing a shamisen while another sings...

father-son shamisen duo from Japan. (Oyako means "parent and child" in Japanese.) Nitta Hiroshi and Nitta Masahiro specialize in Tsugaru shamisen, a fast-paced...

the 9th and 10th centuries. The popular folk music, with the guitar-like shamisen, dates from the 16th century. Western classical music, introduced in the...

which contains minor notes, is used specifically in music for the koto and shamisen and is contrasted with the yo scale, which does not contain minor notes...

August 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2022. "鶴澤寛治さん死去＝文楽三味線の人間国宝、８９歳" [Bunraku Shamisen Living National Treasure Tsuruzawa Kanji has died at age 89]. Nippon.com...

drum, and the Noh flute (nōkan or simply fue). In kabuki, a number of shamisen players are added, along with, depending on the play, taiko drums of various...

1900 – 25 April 2005) was a Japanese goze, singing songs accompanied by shamisen. Kobayashi became blind at three months old. She started goze training...

Ki&Ki (KiKi) is a tsugaru-shamisen duo band based in Tokyo, Japan, consisting of Hikari Shirafuji and Kanami Takeda. Originally formed in 2008, the group...

played on shamisen, koto, and kokyū, but more recently the kokyū has been replaced by shakuhachi. Kokyū Koto (musical instrument) Shakuhachi Shamisen "Sankyoku"...

Nitaboh, the Shamisen Master (NITABOH 仁太坊-津軽三味線始祖外聞) is a 2004 Japanese anime about Nitabō, a shamisen player, directed by Akio Nishizawa and produced...

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