Its 14 artisans can produce about 400 shamisen a year ... "I tell myself I've got time to find a successor, and will explore ways to pass on the skills and knowhow of shamisen production that ...

Noriko Tadano, an Adelaide-based Japanese shamisen (Japanese three stringed ... It was performed as part of OzAsia ,and Ms. Tadano hopes that she can perform it in Sydney and Melbourne sometime ...