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	Shamisen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kitagawa Utamaro, "Flowers of Edo: Young Woman's Narrative Chanting to the Samisen", ca.
		A shamisen or samisen (Japanese: 三味線, literally "three taste 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samisen (806 words)

	Encyclopedia
		The bon-odori dances of the o-bon festival are mainly restrained in motion; they are accompanied by singers and sometimes by flute, drum, and samisen, a three-stringed lute.
		One to three kotos are used in the instrumental interludes, often supplemented by a samisen and a shakuhachi, an end-blown flute.
		Samisen music is of two types: utaimono, lyric pieces for home entertainment; and theatrical music for kabuki drama and puppet plays.
	history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..ja010600.a#FWNE.fw..j... (1410 words)

	History Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Many of the samurai class played a musical instrument called the Samisen, a three stringed banjo-like instrument, the strings of which are plucked with a large bone plectrum.
		A date for the battle was not set, as Nomura hoped that the challenge would be forgotten as time went by, thinking that he would be able to use the element of surprise to his advantage.
		He believed that, because he was an accomplished singer as well as a practised samisen player, his lungs would have greater capacity than Matsumura's.
	www.execulink.com /~wilfrid/Articles/hist1.html (453 words)

	Samisen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The SAMISEN is an intriguing short poetry pattern named after a Japanese three-stringed musical instrument somewhat resembling a banjo.
		This lyrical pattern, however, is not Japanese in origin, nor does it resemble the usual pattern for haiku and similar forms.
		Designed originally as a song lyric by Carol Henning Bair, Strasburg OH, some time before 1954, the Samisen is limited to three stanzas of 8 lines each, with a 3-syllable refrain appearing at the end of lines 1 and 3, and standing alone as lines 2 and 8.
	members.tripod.com /theWORDshop/samisen.html (386 words)

	Introduction to Japan's Traditional Performing Arts
		New samisen playing techniques were developed with the aid of the bachi, a large plectrum held in the palm of the hand.
		In the Edo period (1603-1868) samisen music grew in popularity, as it was used in performances of kabuki plays and bunraku puppet shows.
		Meanwhile, koto and shakuhachi performances were brought under the control of the iemoto, or school, system based on long apprenticeship to authorized teachers, and the playing and teaching of both instruments became the monopoly of a handful of people authorized by the masters of the schools.
	www.kanzaki.com /jinfo/jart-perform.html (956 words)

	Chapta 21 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Samisen turned around and got up to meet them as they exited the elevator.
		Samisen led Lindsey out the front door to a BMW in the front parking lot.
		Samisen said pointing to a tent setup "that's where make-up, and the change station are."
	expage.com /page/chapta21 (675 words)

	Re: Crumms! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A samisen is a banjo-like Japanese stringed instrument with a small, drumlike head and a long, slender neck with three strings.
		The strings are silk, and stretch during playing, and so the player constantly retunes during play, both to keep them in tune and to change key while playing.
		The samisen is normally plucked, but I have also seen it bowed.
	www.apocalypse.org /leadheads/leadheads-mail/10-95/msg00135.html (210 words)

	TIME.com: Samisentiment -- Dec. 29, 1930 -- Page 1
		More samisens are made and sold than any other musical instrument in Japan, yet the samisen industry has felt the World Depression.
		Samisen men do not blame the introduction of the saxophone, Radio or the changing morals of the younger generation.
		Reporters interviewed a leading samisen manufacturer of Tokyo, found him smiling toothily behind gold-rimmed spectacles, willing to admit that he was the prime mover for the erection of the dog and cat placater.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,752733,00.html (593 words)

	Tonda Puppet Theater of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It was soon modified into the instrument now called the samisen and came to be preferred for its greater range of expression that the expanding scope of storytelling demanded.
		Until the end of the seventeenth century, the puppet had been a simple creation operated from beneath by a single puppeteer, but in 1703 audiences were surprised to see the puppeteers appear in full view of the audience.
		Eventually the chanter and samisen player were also removed from behind the curtain and given their own small stage to the right of the main puppet stage.
	www.wellesley.edu /Japanese/Events/tonda.html (1364 words)

	Yoshie Karoutsos 1944 - 2000
		By her high school years, Yoshie was giving samisen lessons to doctors and high school teachers at her home.
		She made her debut playing at the samisen symphony while still a high school student; a first in Japan.
		After the marriage, the highlights of Yoshie's life were the birth of her two children; Irene (Noriko) in December 1977 and Elliott I. (Masaki) in May 1979.
	www.cemetery.org /N-america/Canada/BC/karoutsos_y.html (1804 words)

	Samisen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Samisen or shamisen, a three-stringed, banjo-like Japanese musical instrument.
		The samisen is a traditional Japanese musical instrument.
		Unlike Western-style music which is filled with rich harmonies, Japanese music follows the same melodic line instead of blending in harmony.
	www.mcps.k12.md.us /schools/springbrookhs/asianart/sam.html (184 words)

	Scholten Japanese Art \| Exhibitions \| The Beauty and Her Realm
		The "Amused type" courtesan from the "Twelve Views of Modern Beauties" by Keisai Eisen illustrates a bust portrait of a bijin gesturing with her hands, with a plectrum for a samisen (musical instrument) tucked under her arm.
		The samisen was well suited to the accompaniment of popular songs and the creation of lyrical and romantic moods.
		Thus, many courtesans were adept players and could play and sing for their clients.
	www.scholten-japanese-art.com /beauty.htm (483 words)

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		It is a three stringed banjo-like musical instrument, the strings being plucked with a large bone plectrum.
		When songs are played with the samisen one usually sings at the same time.
		As soon as he saw the samisen coming he jerked his head back and out of the way, at the same time he slapped the samisen with his right hand and deflected it.
	www.sandovalkaratekobudofederation.com /Matsumura.html (2624 words)

	Japan Music
		A nagauta (lyric music) singing group has a full orchestral ensemble, consisting of drums, flutes, samisen, and koto.
		The traditional musical notation is based on a five-tone scale, with semitones often ending on a rising note.
		Famous performers may play the samisen or koto only, or they may play together with a singer or dancer.
	www.country-studies.com /japan/music.html (668 words)

	Asian Jazz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Although he performs on the samisen on just one of the eight tunes that make up Hilltop View (Music and Arts), his piano playing sounds like an odd blending of samisen riffs created by a Cecil Taylor disciple.
		Izu's forthcoming album will feature a piece I heard at the festival, a musical setting of a traditional Chinese folktale, its images evoked by four basses, a drum, and a koto (a traditional Japanese zither with movable bridges).
		The koto shares with the samisen a dry metallic tone akin to the banjo, but in the hands of Miya Masaoka, who often performs with Izu, it takes on some un-banjo-like sonorities.
	bostonphoenix.com /alt1/archive/music/reviews/12-12-96/ASIAN_JAZZ.html (724 words)

	Japanese Influences on Cassatt: 1893 World's Exposition
		They recalled Utamaro's scenes of Japanese women playing the three-stringed samisen (see Pl. XII),(21) which closely resembles an American banjo.
		By the 1760s the samisen was associated with the narrative music for the Kabuki theater and later was used for the hybrid of theatrical and lyrical music played in the brothel district of Yoshiwara, represented in prints by Utamaro.(22)" (
		Geisha with Samisen, from the series Daughters of Edo Who Chant Drama, c.
	members.cox.net /academia/cassattc.html (252 words)

	Essay on Hostessing in Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		They exist to serve men and preserve the traditional arts such as singing, dancing and playing classical instruments like the samisen.
		Her modern counterpart, the bar hostess, has exchanged silk kimonos for cocktail dresses, and the samisen for a karaoke box.
		She is considerably less expensive than her predecessor yet she shares the same values: to be the feminine ideal, to entertain, to listen, to be serious, to dazzle with her wit and charm.
	akasenkuiki.homestead.com /files/babies.html (2470 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin - "Da Kine"
		Japanese classical music star Kineya Katsukuni, master of the three-string samisen, presents a performance-
		With an ensemble of vocalists, samisen players, drummers and a flutist, Katsukuni will demonstrate techniques and discuss the historical and social context of nagauta music.
		The annual ho'olaule'a celebrates Alu Like, in its 23rd year of assisting Hawaiian natives "who are committed to achieving their potential."
	starbulletin.com /97/09/01/features/dakine.html (397 words)

	Japanese Bunraku Puppets Tonda Bunraku Puppet Troupe Shiga, Japan puppetry
		Sixteen members of the troupe--puppeteers, tayu chanters, and samisen accompaniests--offered five full performances.
		through the dedication of generations of puppeteers, chanters, and samisen players.
		By the late 1800s the Tonda Puppets had achieved a level of skill that led them to travel outside their home area to offer performances on the road.
	www.asianinterstage.com /tonda (2458 words)

	Lyrics for No. 12 - Song - Hana and Chorus - "My Samisen" from "The Mousmé" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Lyrics for No. 12 - Song - Hana and Chorus - "My Samisen" from "The Mousmé"
		While her heart is throbbing like the strings
		Here like a captive bird am I, Freedom and love; for those I sigh;
	www.halhkmusic.com /mousme/msm12.html (56 words)

	Snowblood Apple Forums - Shamisen and other traditional J-music
		She didnt sing for very long but it transported my mind to another world entirely for the short time that she was playing.
		The instrument is called a samisen, isnt it?
		I want the finest Samisen music known to humanity.
	www.mandiapple.com /forum/printthread.php?t=1287 (650 words)

	'The Samisen,' Unknown Print/Poster, Size: 19.75 inches x 28.625 inches - SHOP.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		'The Samisen,' Unknown Print/Poster, Size: 19.75 inches x 28.625 inches
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		Chiyo Suzuki, formerly of San Pedro and the Colorado River Relocation Center.
		She is playing the samisen, a Japanese instrument.
		Located at 58 East 102nd Street, New York City, in an inter-racial neighborhood, the Hostel is sponsored jointly by the Unitarian Service Committee and the Community Church of New York.
	ark.cdlib.org /ark:/13030/ft7199p0kt (508 words)

	Car Alarm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Samisen car alarm system come with the Micro-Computer Remote Control Car Alarm System With Remote Engine Start, Advances Features and Stylish Remote Control.
		We proud to supplies this car alarm system in NZ market with very reasonable prices.
		on Samisen alarms due to it reliable performances.
	qualitycaraudio.co.nz /AlarmPage.htm (571 words)

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		OAC: The actors Onoe Kikugoro I and Nakamura Kiyosaburo as a young seated couple playing a samisen
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		The actors Onoe Kikugoro I and Nakamura Kiyosaburo as a young seated couple playing a samisen
	ark.cdlib.org /ark:/13030/kt92900956 (259 words)

	samisen - English-French Dictionary - WordReference.com
		We found no French translation for 'samisen' in our English to French Dictionary.
		Or did you want to translate 'samisen' from French to English?
		Forum discussions with the word(s) 'samisen' in the title:
	www.wordreference.com /enfr/samisen (57 words)

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		Blue Samisen Guitar - cloisonne - orange Logo - 2LC
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	Samisen - Multimedia - MSN Encarta
		The samisen is a Japanese flat-backed, long-necked lute.
		The samisen has a catskin belly and back and three strings that are struck with a bachi (a bone plectrum).
		The samisen is a traditional instrument in Kabuki theatre.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /media_461564328/Samisen.html (61 words)

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