KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Japanese musician Sato Michiyoshi will demonstrate the versatility of the shamisen at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, in Western Michigan University's Dalton Center Lecture Hall. The ...

Japan's "shamisen" industry is struggling to preserve the distinctive sound of the three-stringed instrument integral to Japanese performing arts, as it runs into issues of animal ethics and a ...

Tatsu Aoki, shamisen, with curator Kit Brooks Follow one of Japan’s signature musical instruments, a three-stringed lute called the shamisen, through the many worlds in which it has played a prominent ...

A three-string lute plucked and strummed with a plectrum, the shamisen has played an important role in Japanese culture for some five centuries. Santa Cruz’s Kyle Abbott became obsessed with the banjo ...

Laurence Kominz, left, practices with his voice teacher and former Bunraku shamisen performer Seiki Keene for the upcoming play "The Adventures of High Priest Kochi," during a lesson in Tokyo on Oct.

According to Japanese Embassy, the show will see seven musicians from the reputed group 'KAZE' being flown down to Abu Dhabi specially for the event, which the embassy is organising in collaboration ...