Umekichi
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Umekichi is a Japanese folk and pop musician. She is noted for an interest in traditional Japanese music, she plays shamisen
, at times blended with more modern styles. This has garnered both support and criticism.
Shamisen
The , also called is a three-stringed, Japanese musical instrument played with a plectrum called a bachi. The Japanese pronunciation is usually "shamisen" but sometimes "jamisen" when used as a suffix . -Construction:The shamisen is a plucked stringed instrument...
, at times blended with more modern styles. This has garnered both support and criticism.