High Thai~
Today, March 4th is "Sanshin Day" by word matching.
Sanshin is a traditional musical instrument of Okinawa, and it is a stringed instrument that plays with three lines like the shamisen.
Because of the serpent skin, it is sometimes called "Jamisen" distinguished from the shamisen.
In Kingdom History Museum in Okinawa World Ryukyu Kingdom Castle Town,
You can compare the Sanshin and the Chinese "Sangen" which is said to have been the source of it.
It is said that Sangen was transmitted to Kingdom of ryukyu around the 14th century and became Sanshin, and Sanshin was transmitted from Ryukyu to Osaka and Sakai around the 16th century. An instrument that makes us feel that our culture is connected, that is Sanshin!
In Okinawa, there is a custom of decorating Sanshin, which has been handed down from generation to generation, as a family treasure.
The decoration of tokonoma is often compared with "China is brush, Japan is sword, Okinawa is sanshin."
By the way, it is a three-line with a characteristic snake skin, but it is said that the important part is the "sole" part.
For this reason, there are some houses that inherit only the three-line rods and keep them carefully.
Here we omit it, but Sanshin is roughly classified into seven types according to the shape of the pole.
On the bulletin board outside the museum, there is also a panel display on Sanshin.
Be sure to remember this on the three lines.
In the castle town, if you are lucky, you may be able to see the guide playing the three lines♪
