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Kankara sanshin. The kankara (かんから) or kankara sanshin (literally "sanshin from a can") is a Japanese three-stringed folk plucked instrument, initially an improvised derivative of the Okinawan sanshin that was developed in the Ryukyu Islands during the Shōwa period.
With the assistance of their US captors, and their rations, a new type of Sanshin was made- using a tin can, and most likely a broom pole. This changed everything for the downtrodden prisoners, bring a bit of peace and joy to their otherwise bleek situation. This war-born Sanshin is now called Kankara Sanshin, or 'Can-Sanshin, Can-shin, etc.'.
The Kumano Kodo, a sacred route for over 1,000 years, is an antidote to that. It is likely to remain so, not least because the amount of accommodation is deliberately kept limited.
Sanshin (三線, lit. ' three strings ') – an Okinawan precursor of the mainland Japanese (and Amami Islands) shamisen; Shamisen – a banjo-like lute with three strings; brought to Japan from China in the 16th century. Popular in Edo's pleasure districts, the shamisen is often used in kabuki theater.
Often the gottan is compared to the kankara sanshin, an Okinawan instrument related to the sanshin, due to its relative inexpensiveness (made from a used metal can) and ease of construction. The equivalent all-wood Okinawan instrument is the ita sanshin. [1]: 22
From the Chinese traditional instrument sanxian in the 16th century developed the Okinawan instrument sanshin from which the kankara sanshin and the Japanese shamisen derive. [158] Women frequently wore indigo tattoos known as hajichi on the backs of their hands, a sign of adulthood and talisman to protect them from evil.
Kankara Sanshin かんからさんしん: Japan: Osamu Kobayashi: Tokyo Animation Film: Traditional: Theatrical [3] [4] August 3, 1989: 78 minutes Kiki and Lala's Blue Bird キキとララの青い鳥 (Kiki to Lala no Aoi Tori) Japan: Masami Hata: Sanrio Grouper Productions Toho (distributor) Traditional: Theatrical
Since Shinei Matayoshi, a kokyū and sanshin musician and maker, invented and popularized a four-stringed version of the kokyū in order to expand the instrument's range, the kokyū has become much more popular. [citation needed] A kokyū society, dedicated to promoting the instrument, exists in Japan.