- The
shamisen (三味線), also
known as
sangen (三絃) or
samisen (all
meaning "three strings"), is a three-stringed
traditional ****anese
musical instrument derived...
- Kyoto.
Their jobs
consist of
performing songs, dances, and
playing the
shamisen or
other traditional ****anese
instruments for
visitors during banquets...
- (chanters), and
shamisen musicians.
Occasionally other instruments such as
taiko drums will be used. The
combination of
chanting and
shamisen playing is called...
-
heike shamisen (****anese: 平家三味線), is a ****anese
musical instrument,
member of the
shamisen family. Like its
other counterparts, the
heike shamisen has three...
- and the
Mysterious Shamisen (****anese: 妖絃怪猫伝(Yōgen Kwaibyō den), Hepburn: Kaibyō nazo no
shamisen), or
Ghost Cat's
Mysterious Shamisen, is a 1938 ****anese...
- 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;...
- 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 ****anese
genre of
shamisen music originating from
Tsugaru Peninsula in...
- the Edo
period (1603–1867),
pieces in the
jiuta style were pla**** on the
shamisen, and were
mostly regional to Kamigata. The name
jiuta means 'song' (歌,...
- 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...
-
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...
