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This shamisen is similar to a guitar in shape. It is used to play historical traditional japanese music.It looks a bit like a banjo. It has a long thin neck and a covering of skin.

I think the best site is the kids web japan because it has vary good information about instruments of japan, and the story behind each instrument

"Tsume (claws) The koto is not played directly with the fingers. Instead, the musician puts three tsume on the index finger, middle finger, and thumb of the right hand and plucks the strings with them."

i tkink this is a festival of the asian art museum of san francisco in which they share japanese culture mostly music art etc.