wind and string instruments; music
shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou); three strings; three-stringed instrument
music for strings; string music
four strings; four-stringed instrument; biwa
string instrument; stringed instrument
single-stringed Japanese zither
geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living
qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin; seven-stringed koto
five strings; five-stringed instrument