Kawachi ondo
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Kawachi Ondo is a kind of Japanese folk song that originates from Yao City in the old Kawachi region of Japan, now part of modern-day Osaka Prefecture. This song's style and melody are said to have ev
Bon odori singer: the characters on his happi coat read Gōshū Ondo and Kawachi Ondo.
Shamisen
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The shamisen or samisen, also known as sangen, is a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese instrument sanxian. It is played with a plectrum called a bachi.
Tokyo geisha with shamisen, c. 1870s
A Japanese man playing a shamisen while another sings
The heike shamisen compared with a medium-sized, or chuzao shamisen
Bachi for min'yo, tsugaru and heike shamisen