After decades of waning popularity among the younger generation in Japan, the shamisen has made a comeback, but in an altogether different form. Instead of providing melodies for ancient Japanese ...

How's this for Japanese fusion? The ancient shamisen instrument, in the hands of Masahiro Nitta, duelling with its Irish counterparts, writes Arminta Wallace Think of Japanese culture, and you ...

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The first thing that comes to mind is their contribution to preserving and handing down shamisen music and supporting ... times derive from events rooted in ancient festival-based faith, when ...

As he rocks the shamisen like the Joe Satriani of ancient Japan, the origami paper dances to life around him, folding into sharply edged characters and objects, and occasionally bursting into ...

(KHNL) - The Shamisen is a Japanese guitar. It takes a lot of practice to perform this ancient art. Here to talk more about it is Craig Nakahara, of the Hanayagi Dancing Academy. And here to play ...

Born in Sapporo, Japan in 1984, Masahiro Nitta – internationally renowned shamisen (three-stringed ... Shachu's principal aim is to rejuvenate this ancient art form by producing innovative ...

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 & Japanese Folk ...