Then after the dinner he said that he hoped that we would not think him guilty of improper action, but that he had invited the best samisen player and singer in Nagoya, and also some dancers.
The samisen players are older and they dress more plainly in black or plain blue, the drum players are young and gay colored.
Hitherto the samisen had been regarded as a vulgar instrument, and its use had never received the sanction of aristocratic circles.
Training in dancing and samisen playing is also prolonged and severe, for no pains are spared in efforts to excel.
The vellum of the tsuzumi is of fox skin and yellow in color, that of the samisen is of cat skin and white as snow.
During the winter the girl in training clothes herself comfortably, takes a samisen and ascends every cold night the scaffold erected on the roof of the house for drying purposes.
The guests sit in a body off the arena, where the dancer steps out; the samisen player tunes the instrument on one side.
The samisen is capable of giving out both the mellow notes of the guitar and the sharp tone-sprays of the banjo.
The crowd wear their gayest kimonos, and the moosmes are brilliant in flowered or striped silks and splendid sashes, and the air is full of the rattle of the shuffling clogs and the tinkling samisen played in almost every booth.
They sing as they play, facing each other, and clap their hands, and fling out their fingers at intervals with little cries and the samisen keep time.
A geisha tucks her robe well up to her knees; and the samisen strike up the quick melody, 'Kompira fund-fund.
He used to carry a samisen about with him when he was a child--he and little Yone, Baron Mutsu's daughter.
And you could not play the samisen because I was in your arms.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "samisen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: banjo; guitar; lute; mandolin; samisen; sitar; ukulele
