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    Shamisen (redirect from 三味線)
    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...
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  • Islands musical instrument and precursor of the mainland Japanese shamisen (三味線). Often likened to a banjo, it consists of a snakeskin-covered body, neck...
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    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...
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  • Shimbun (in Japanese). 24 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...
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    precursor of the mainland Japanese (and Amami Islands) shamisen Shamisen (三味線) – a banjo-like lute with three strings; brought to Japan from China in the...
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    study of language". Jōruri (浄瑠璃) is narrative music using the shamisen (三味線). There are four main jōruri styles. These are centuries-old traditions which...
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  • Hissatsu! Shamisenya no Yuji (必殺! 三味線屋・勇次) is a 1999 film based on the television Hissatsu series. Kiyoshi Nakajō as Yuji Yūki Amami as Otoyo Hiroshi...
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  • 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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    The 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...
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    (大鼓) Ryūteki (竜笛) Sanshin (三線) Shakuhachi (bamboo flute) (尺八) Shamisen (三味線) Shime-Daiko (締太鼓) Shinobue (篠笛) Shō (笙) Suikinkutsu (water zither) (水琴窟)...
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