About the Shamisen music
Shamisen music is a generic name that is the whole music that makes Shamisen the main instrument. Recently, there are instrumental pieces, but most of these are vocal pieces in the modern ages.
The Shamisen practically contains the modern music, also Japanese modern music could be Shamisen music itself. Shamisen’s tone and the playing created each Japanese modern music, and Japanese music improvement more on the Shamisen
Shamisen music was started as ‘Jiuta’ that is Shamisen kumika, at the same time ‘Kojyoururi’ appeared that is transport instrument of Shamisen.
Therefore, Japanese own way of categorizing the music to ‘Katarimono’ and ‘Utaimono.’
