The three-stringed shamisen produces one of the distinctive sounds of Japan. It's the soundtrack to kabuki performances and traditional dance shows. But the centuries-old instrument is facing an ...

"The Adventures of High Priest Kochi" was staged in September as an English-language kabuki performance by ... what brought Keene and Uehera Seiki, a shamisen player, together as father-and ...

Noriko Tadano, an Adelaide-based Japanese shamisen (Japanese three stringed traditional instrument) artist, will perform for OzAsia and Anime GO! in Adelaide this month. Ms. Tadano moved to ...