細ほそ棹ざお

noun

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.

• 細ほそ棹ざおは長なが唄うたでよく使つかわれる。

  The thin-necked shamisen is often used in nagauta.