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Shamisen

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File:Maple Leaves Koyo and Shamisen by Kitagawa Utamaro c1803.png
Geisha playing the shamisen, 1800

The shamisen or samisen (Japanese: 三味線, literally "three taste strings"), also called sangen (literally "three strings") is a Japanese musical instrument with three strings, that is played with a big plectrum called a bachi. The pronunciation in Japanese is usually "shamisen".

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