Monster entertains Shanks' crew with music, showcasing his talent and mysterious allure. Conis uplifts spirits with her harp music under Enel's rule, revealing her resilience. Black Maria and ...

Japan Society announces its 2014-2015 Performing Arts Season featuring works by visionary artists in music, dance and theater. In this season, the Performing Arts Program presents two large-scale ...

Tokyo Lens. What is a Shamisen? 三味線とは？ Posted: May 15, 2025 | Last updated: May 15, 2025. So what is a Shamisen? We're going deep on this one today!

Yup, it's a shamisen. You can check it out in Wii Music above, courtesy of the Today's Instrument marketing plan from Nintendo. It, uh, pretty much sounds like it should: a string being plucked.

When you finally get to him, the Performer will speak in wistful poetic prose about his homeland, playing lovely shamisen music in a moonlit courtyard, with a gentle lilt in his voice.

Despite the fact that the shamisen has a place in modern music too, it isn’t a very popular instrument among young people; the average age of shamisen players is over 70 years old. That might be ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Dai Fujikura’s new work for shamisen, a three-stringed, fretless Japanese lute, premieres on Saturday. By Ryan Ebright In the late 1960s, not ...

Shamisen-sational Jamaicans were given a rare treat when the Embassy of Japan collaborated with Church Teachers’ Collage to present two days of traditional Japanese music by hosting the Shamisen ...

Shamisen tones, filled with emotion, harmonize with the culture of traditional entertainment districts. The dwindling number of musicians has aroused the effort to keep the instrument and music alive.

He was the recipient of the 70th Arts Festival New Face Award by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and was the first shamisen performer to receive the prestigious Idemitsu Music Award in 2014 and the ...