If players want to master Atsu's shamisen, then they're going to need to know where to find all shamisen songs and what they do.

Shamisen tones, filled with emotion, harmonize with the culture of traditional entertainment districts. The dwindling number of musicians has aroused the effort to keep the instrument and music alive.

Hidejiro Honjoh has been trailblazing a new musical path for the shamisen, a three-stringed Japanese instrument, in Asia, Europe, and North America. At Bates, he will be presenting a program ...

Makoto Nishimura is keeping the art of Japanese kabuki alive through an unlikely group of students. In Tokyo’s Meguro ward, Makoto Nishimura’s small apartment is a trove of traditional Japanese ...

You know that instrument you always hear during those awesome kung fu movies? Yup, it's a shamisen. You can check it out in Wii Music above, courtesy of the Today's Instrument marketing plan from ...

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 think ...

Since debuting with her 1976 album JAPANESE GIRL, Yano Akiko has been a trailblazer in blending Japanese culture with her unique musical style, including collaborations with Yellow Magic Orchestra.

HACHINOHE, Aomori -- A local university professor here has developed software to automatically record shamisen performances -- usually only passed down by word of mouth -- to sheet music. "This will ...