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A Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum. > A Shamisen is also called a samisen or a sangen.

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  1. A Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum. > A Shamisen is also called a samisen or a sangen.