The strings, which are of different thickness, are plucked or struck with a tortoise shell pick. Made from red sandalwood and ranging from 1.1 to 1.4 meters long, the shamisen has ivory pegs, strings made from twisted silk, and a belly covered in cat or dog skin.
Popular in Edo's pleasure districts, the shamisen was often used in Kabuki theater.
Shamisen ( 三味線), a banjo-like lute with three strings brought to Japan from China in the 16th century. Sanshin ( 三線, literally 'three strings'), an Okinawan precursor of the mainland Japanese (and Amami Islands) shamisen. Taishogoto ( 大正琴), a zither with metal strings and keys. Kugo ( 箜篌), an angled harp used in ancient times and recently revived. Yamatogoto ( 大 和 琴), ancient long zither also called wagon ( 和 琴). Tsuri-daiko ( 釣 太鼓) - drum on a stand with ornately painted head, played with a padded stick. Shōko ( 鉦鼓) - small bronze gong used in gagaku struck with two horn beaters. Shime-daiko ( 締太鼓) - small drum played with sticks. Sekkin - a lithophone either bowed or struck. Sasara (ささら) - clapper made from wooden slats connected by a rope or cord. San-no-tsuzumi (三の鼓), hourglass-shaped double-headed drum struck only on one side. Mokugyo ( 木魚) - (also called Wooden fish) woodblock carved in the shape of a fish, struck with a wooden stick often used in Buddhist chanting. Shakubyoshi (also called shaku) - clapper made from a pair of flat wooden sticks. Kokiriko ( 筑子, こきりこ) - a pair of sticks which are beaten together slowly and rhythmically. Kakko ( 羯鼓) - small drum used in gagaku. 
Kagura suzu - hand-held bell tree with three tiers of pellet bells. 
Ikko - small, ornately decorated hourglass-shaped drum. Den-den daiko (でんでん太鼓) - pellet drum, used as a children's toy. Hyōshigi ( 拍子木) - wooden or bamboo clappers. Bin-sasara (編木, 板ささら also spelled bin-zasara) - clapper made from wooden slats connected by a rope or cord.
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