Samisen Collection

Geisha playing a samisen, Japan, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Japanese women playing on samisen, fuye, taiko, and tsuzumi
A group of Japanese women playing on samisen, fuye, taiko, and tsuzumi musical instruments Date: circa 1910

Japan - Music Teacher playing a Shamisen (or Samisen). The alcove behind her is called the tokonoma and is the pride of the house Date: 1932

Geisha with Samisen, Japan

Musician and samisen, Japan

Blind Japanese musicans, 1864
Three blind Japanese musicians. One plays a koto, the other a samisen. Date: 1864

Musician with Shamisen, Japan
Musician with Shamisen (a three-stringed instrument), Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Two geishas, stove and shamisen, Japan
Two geishas, stove and shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument), Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Geisha with shamisen, Japan
Geisha with shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument), Japan. Date: circa 1890s

A shamisen player, lighting her pipe
A Japanese lady in traditional costume lays her shamisen(a musical instrument with three strings, also written samsin), to one side, so she can light her kiseru or pipe, aided by another woman

Three girls playing shamisens, a Japanese musical instrument
An ascending scale: three Japanese girls of difference sizes wear traditional costume and play their shamisens(a musical instrument with three strings, also written samisen)

A lady playing a shamisen, a Japanese musical instrument
A Japanese lady in traditional costume plays a shamisen (also written samsin), a musical instrument with three strings

The shamisen, a Japanese musical instrument
The shamisen(also written samsin), a Japanese musical instrument with three strings

Samisen, Kokiu, Biwa
Three stringed instruments : the SAMISEN (three strings, played with a plectrum); the KOKIU, like a small samisen but played with a bow; the BIWA, a lute-like instrument

Japan - the Samisen
A Japanese musician plays the SAMISEN, a stringed instrument like a guitar, plucked with the fingers or a plectrum

Japanese Dance
A Japanese lady dances in the intimacy of her home, while another member of the family provides the music on what appears to be a kind of samisen

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