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Samisen Asian Cuisine, Neofytou Nicolaide 22, Paphos
"Sensibilities," the third section, gives an overview of the geisha arts--including the Edo aesthetic of iki [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], the
samisen, the grand dances, the language of kimono--and closes with a chapter on Dalby's return to Kyoto six years later.
Some innkeepers are known to treat customers to a performance of
samisen music after dinner.
The nine include Sajio Hamada, 70, from Ino, Kochi Prefecture, who carries on the traditional skills of hand-made Japanese paper, Buncho Uji, 65, a
samisen player in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, and Wakasanojo Tsuruga, 62, a Japanese puppet theater narrator in Tokyo.
At first it was chanted to the accompaniment of the four-string biwa (Japanese lute); with the introduction of the three-stringed, plucked
samisen (or shamisen) in the 16th century, both the music and the scripts developed.
He's also an excellent singer and
samisen strummer.
Taira has become popular by singing the translated pieces to the tune of Dompan-bushi, an Akita folk song, accompanied by the
samisen and Japanese drums during his classes.
Japanese artists performed songs and dances accompanied by the drum,
samisen and flute.
For instance, the council earlier this year hosted a salute to Fuji Television, which threw a dinner in the garden at New York's Museum of Modern Art complete with sushi and
samisen music played by kimono-clad women.
This radical collaboration of computer animated films features new characters and old friends from The
Samisens and Ant.
The 'ladies of Tokio!'--who ought to be playing their dear little
samisens and sitting on their dear little heels--where are they?