Yoshida brothers

The shamisen is a 3-string instrument of Chinese origin who was introduced in Japan in the sixteenth century. It is made of a wooden box covered with a skin of the cat (or snake for its alternative Okinawa). Instrument People at the origin (it has been found the roots of J-Pop!), It traditionally accompanies the music sung, narratives and dances kabuki theatre and puppet joruri, but it can also stand to himself. It was (and still is) the instrument par excellence of geishas.