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单词 samisen
例句 samisen
Musicians represented a global palette of sounds: the Japanese samisen, African djembe and Congo drums, harp, saxophone, accordion and violin. Rashaad Newsome Pulls Out All the Stops 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z
Although they were playing a single work together, the sounds you heard — the wheeze of a piccolo, a muffled trumpet, the plucking of a samisen — felt independent. From Silence to Noise: Rauschenberg’s Influence on Music 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z
Each performance is accompanied by chanted narration, and by music played on the samisen, a traditional Japanese three-stringed instrument. Distinguished Japanese puppet theater to visit Seattle 2013-08-14T19:32:33Z
In the prints, the wakashu are presented as beautiful and desirable, sometimes practicing what were seen at the time as feminine arts like flower-arranging or playing the samisen. When Japan Had a Third Gender 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z
The music underscoring the monologue is both haunting and jarring, and it mixes in sounds from traditional Japanese theater like wooden clappers and samisen, a traditional stringed instrument. Why Velina Hasu Houston's timely play 'Tea' continues to be staged around the world 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z
They share ungrudgingly their Eden with the beasts and butterflies, guileless and content as they, strumming the three-stringed samisen, sailing through maze of solemn kagura, doing tender service in the temple. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
After supper the sparrow danced, whilst his grandmother played the samisen and the good old man beat time. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z
Training in dancing and samisen playing is also prolonged and severe, for no pains are spared in efforts to excel. Working Women of Japan 2011-03-09T03:00:49.197Z
The guests sit in a body off the arena, where the dancer steps out; the samisen player tunes the instrument on one side. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z
They laughed together, and Zanzi went out, singing of carnage as if he were beneath the window of his lady, with a samisen. The Way of the Gods
There was a twinkling tiny light above, and like the hum of an insect there reached his ear the tinkle of a distant samisen. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
“My dear,” the young man bade her, “fetch hither your samisen and let me hear you sing.” Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z
One took her samisen and sang; never did I listen to anything sweeter. Lafcadio Hearn
Over the orchestra-box is a compartment hung with a curtain woven with fine split bamboos, wherein sit two men—one with a book on a stand, the other with a stout samisen. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z
It is quite true that lighted paper lanterns gleaming in the night, and morning glories with first sun on them, and his small samisen, pleased him more. The Way of the Gods
A series of pleading messages, mingled with threats, were required ere she would consent to appear in the hall and perform graceful measures, or sing and play upon the samisen. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
The street of the geisha is full of music, for they play the samisen there all day long. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z
Dressed in rags and with covered heads and faces, they wander about the streets playing the samisen outside the latticed windows, and singing with cracked voices some wailing melody. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition
We sat on the scarlet Chinese blanket, spread on the greensward; wine made every heart buoyant; the happy crew, by and by, sang, played the samisen and tripped "the light fantastic toe." A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z
"He used to carry a samisen about with him when he was a child—he and little Yon�, Baron Mutsu's daughter." The Way of the Gods
There was a faint sound of brawling within, a clash of steel, a din of bandied threats, followed by the long rippling laugh of the geisha, and then the twang of her samisen. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
They are accomplished in music, singing, and playing the samisen, witty in conversation, and beautiful in figure. Oriental Women
The samisen players are older and they dress more plainly in black or plain blue, the drum players are young and gay colored. Letters from China and Japan
The instrument most commonly used is the samisen; it looks somewhat like a banjo, but is much larger and has a square body instead of a round one; the wood-work is of mahogany. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z
So that I sang without the samisen that night. The Way of the Gods
Faintingly comes the beam Of the moon—then viewless fingers Tinkle a samisen, And astir on the East is a star. Many Gods
In this the performer was generally a woman, and the instrument on which she accompanied herself was the samisen. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
The descriptive lines are recited by a chorus to the harsh and effective twang of the samisen. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
The vellum of the tsuzumi is of fox skin and yellow in color, that of the samisen is of cat skin and white as snow. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z
And you could not play the samisen because I was in your arms. The Way of the Gods
He never had a happy time with many guests, and samisens and feast drinks, like other young American Dana Sans in Yokohama. The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan
Hitherto the samisen had been regarded as a vulgar instrument, and its use had never received the sanction of aristocratic circles. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
The samisen may not afford music, but it can give expression to the emotional in feeling. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
It consists of the samisen, a big heavy bell, a drum, a flute, a conch shell and occasional singing. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z
Their principal instruments are the koto and the samisen. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University
From the servants' quarters came the tinkle of the samisen, and a breeze laden with the scent of flowers brought with it also the distant sound of voices and laughter. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan
But no, this Roman matron held in her lap the white disc of a samisen, the native banjo, upon which she strummed with a flat white bone. Kimono
Let wine and the samisen be brought, a feast prepared. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
The samisen is capable of giving out both the mellow notes of the guitar and the sharp tone-sprays of the banjo. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z
The samisen is a kind of small banjo, and probably originated in the Chinese kin. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University
Out of the night came the velvety tones of a mighty bell; the sing-song prayers of many priests; the rippling laugh of a little child and the tinkling of a samisen. The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration
Have you heard the broken samisen music tracking you down a street of geisha houses? Kimono
She departed—"to drink her wine, pare her nails, and sing obscene songs to the accompaniment of the samisen." The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
We had in our family two or three samisens, and every day my sisters practised on them. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z
Finally, just as we had engaged a Japanese orchestra, and as the first strains of the samisens and taikos were rising, through the paper-walls came a wild howl from the street. John Barleycorn
A woman carrying a samisen, and accompanied by a little boy seven or eight years old, came to my house to sing. Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints
Three of the elder geisha in plain grey kimonos squatted behind the dancers, strumming on their samisens. Kimono
One of the geishas came in front of me, and taking up a samisen, asked me to sing something. Botchan (Master Darling)
During the winter the girl in training clothes herself comfortably, takes a samisen and ascends every cold night the scaffold erected on the roof of the house for drying purposes. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z
Dancing-girls climbed on board and feasted with them, and sang to the sound of the samisen, and played with them the game of ken. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series
The woman sat down on my doorstep, tuned her samisen, played a bar of accompaniment,—and a spell descended upon the people; and they stared at each other in smiling amazement. Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints
The wooden walls resounded with the jangle of the samisen, the high screaming geisha voices, and the rough laughter of the guests. Kimono
Porcupine called "geisha, geisha," in a loud voice, and commanded; "Bang your samisen; I'm going to dance a sword-dance." Botchan (Master Darling)
There she sits for hours together amid the howling blasts, singing defiantly and banging away courageously at the samisen. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z
Some form the orchestra, under the direction of a woman of uncertain age; there are several samisen, and a tiny drum played by a child. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series
Once she had been fairly well to do, and had learned the samisen when a girl. Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints
This was a geisha quarter, whence the sound of samisen music and quavering songs resounded all day long. Kimono
One night when moon was big and round and red and river outside wall go spank, spank, you call all my people to garden, and with the 'Merican samisen you sing much songs. Little Sister Snow
A song, accompanied by the twanging of a samisen and the clanging of tamtams, is sung by three geishas. A Second Book of Operas
They sing as they play, facing each other, and clap their hands, and fling out their fingers at intervals with little cries and the samisen keep time. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series
On another a daimiyo's daughter, in robes of cloth of gold with satin sleeves richly flowered, was playing on the samisen. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
Gradually the music of samisens, gongs, and drums approaches. A Second Book of Operas
Yuki plays the samisen, which may be regarded as the national female instrument, and Haru goes to a teacher daily for lessons on the same. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
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