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Description: | This is a student's shamisen, and unlike a professional instrument was played with the fingers rather than a plectrum.
Shamisen, long-necked spike lute. The body is a frame of wood, possibly red sandalwood, with a skin table and back. The neck is in three sections and can be dismantled for transportation. A leather strip covered with a textile is attached to the neck and spike, it covers the side of the instrument nearest the bass string, protecting the player's clothing. The finial surmounted by a black leather cap. There are three fluted, wooden pegs and three yellow silk strings. Two pegs enter the peg box from the right; one from the left. The skin table is a replacement, as is the white plastic bridge. The instrument has three spare strings, each in a pink, blue and green packet; and a printed shamisen tutor. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | bamboo wood shamisens grass resin shamisen | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-13042 |
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