thin-necked shamisen
Refers to a shamisen with a slender neck, often used in genres like nagauta or kouta. The term is specific to traditional Japanese music.
細棹は長唄でよく使われる。
The thin-necked shamisen is often used in nagauta.
Compound of 細 (hoso, 'thin') and 棹 (sao, 'neck of a stringed instrument').