arisen
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More samisens are made and sold than any other musical instrument in Japan, yet the samisen industry has felt the World Depression.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly the samisens began beating it out eight to the bar and one of the girls let go a gully-low bellow that crackled the paper walls.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some bore samisens; others struck the classical attitudes of a geisha dance on the soft straw mats.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From John Barleycorn by London, Jack
We had in our family two or three samisens, and every day my sisters practised on them.
From A Japanese Boy by Shiukichi, Shigemi
