Sanshin
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The sanshin is a Ryukyuan musical instrument and precursor of Japanese shamisen. Often likened to a banjo, it consists of a snakeskin-covered body, neck and three strings.
A sanshin
Sanxian
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The sanxian is a three-stringed traditional Chinese lute. It has a long fretless fingerboard, and the body is traditionally made from snake skin stretched over a rounded rectangular resonator. It is m
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Possible sanxian (left) and pipa, from a 762-827 A.D. painting in the Mogao caves near Dunhuang―Grotto 46 Left interior wall, second panel. Also called cave 112.
Sanxian, ca. 1900, housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A sanxian
Xu Fengxia playing sanxian