Shamisen - Bookshelf
145 pages
Creator: Henry Mabley Johnson | Music - 2010
This book, which is based on the authora (TM)s field research in Japan, is a history of the "shamisen.
Publisher: Hotei Pub
About this book
The "shamisen" is a traditional Japanese musical instrument. It was introduced to Japan in the mid-sixteenth century via China and the RyAkyA Islands, and was quickly established as a culturally significant musical instrument in its new context. The instrument a " a three-string lute a " developed numerous styles of performance and is found as a solo and ensemble instrument in diverse social and cultural contexts. The "shamisen" is known as an instrument of "geisha" in the entertainment districts; it is used in "kabuki" and "bunraku" theatre; and also has an established place within a wide-range of performance traditions, many of which are depicted in woodblock prints and other art depicting everyday life of the Edo period. This book, which is based on the authora (TM)s field research in Japan, is a history of the "shamisen." It locates the instrument within its various social and cultural contexts, and includes accompanying illustrations (e.g., woodblock prints, photographs and illustrations) to help show visually the place of the instrument in traditional and modern Japan.
255 pages
Creator: Naomi Hirahara | Fiction - 2006-04-25
When a close friend is found murdered shortly after winning a half-million dollars from a novelty slot machine, Japanese-American gardener Mas Arai discovers that a snakeskin shamisen, a traditional Okinawa musical instrument, could hold a ...
Publisher: Delta
About this book
From Summer of the Big Bachi to Gasa-Gasa Girl, Naomi Hirahara’s acclaimed novels have featured one of mystery fiction’s most unique heroes: Mas Arai, a curmudgeonly L.A. gardener, Hiroshima survivor, and inveterate gambler. Few things get Mas more excited than gambling, so when he hears about a $500,000 win–from a novelty slot machine!–he’s torn between admiration and derision. But the stakes are quickly raised when the winner, a friend of Mas’s pal G. I. Hasuike, is found stabbed to death just days later. The last thing Mas wants to do is stick his nose in someone else’s business, but at G.I.’s prodding he reluctantly agrees to follow the trail of a battered snakeskin shamisen (a traditional Okinawan musical instrument) left at the scene of the crime…and suddenly finds himself caught up in a dark mystery that reaches from the islands of Okinawa to the streets of L.A.–a world of heartbreaking memories, deception, and murder.
96 pages
Creator: Frederic P. Miller | 2010-10-25
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
About this book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The shamisen or samisen (literally three flavor strings), also called sangen (literally three strings) is a three-stringed musical instrument played with a plectrum called a bachi. The pronunciation in Japanese is usually shamisen (in western Japan, and often in Edo-period sources samisen) but sometimes jamisen when used as a suffix (e.g., Tsugaru-jamisen). The shamisen is similar in length to a guitar, but its neck is much much slimmer and does not have any frets. Its drum-like rounded rectangular body, known as the d?, is taut front and back with skin in the manner of a banjo, and amplifies the sound of the strings. The skin is usually from a dog or cat, but in the past a special type of paper was used and recently various types of plastics are being tried. On the skin of some of the best shamisen, the position of the cat's nipples can still be seen.
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Shamisen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The shamisen or samisen (三味線 ?, literally "three strings"), also called sangen (三絃 ?, literally "three strings") is a three-stringed, Japanese musical ...
Shamisen Vs. Shamisen - YouTube
Dueling..Shamisen? Very cool. I like how some music will give you chills because it just sounds so good. Enjoy!
Shamisen - New World Encyclopedia
Kitagawa Utamaro, "Flowers of Edo: Young Woman's Narrative Chanting to the Samisen," ca. 1880
SHAMISEN
Shamisen or samisen is a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument played with a plectrum.
Shamisen - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
A shamisen or simonize (in Japanese, literally "what, only three goddam strings?!"), also called wom
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The instrument known as the shamisen can be traced back to the biwaand other similar instruments derived from China; there is arguably no sound to which the Japanese ear is more accustomed.
A brilliant example of ancient and modern music fusion. Two brothers show off their shamisen skills in an epic dual Satan could have lost.
