Geisha reunited with shamisen lost in tsunami

General
#1

There’s a story on Aljazeera today that might be of interest to some in the bachido community:

“Geisha reunited with shamisen lost in tsunami: Last surviving geisha in Japanese town reunited with beloved musical instrument lost in 2011 disaster.”

Edit: link shortened. —Luke

#2

awesome

#3

Wow, what luck! (I mean, considering all that happened)

#4

That’s cool! One more reason to have the shamisen stored in a hard case I say.

#5

well like in case of not thinking about all that happened for a moment this is a very funny comment :slight_smile:

#6

Well, they did say it was repaired. Indeed, a good reason for a hard case, but it’s not waterproof.

#7

Thanks to the hard case that probably only meant water damage to the skin and polishing the metal parts. If that thing would have been in a soft case when the house ceiling came crashing down I don’t think it would have been repairable :slight_smile:

I’m really just happy for her and thought on the positive effects of a hard case.

#8

that’s epic! last surviving geisha? as in really the LAST real geisha on earth? ( sorry for probs sounding like a retard :DDD)

#9

No, she was the only geisha left in the town of Kamaishi. There are still working geisha in numerous towns/cities around Japan, and still people “signing up” to learn to be geisha to this day (although nothing like the numbers there were a decade or two ago…).

#10

hmm thanks Linda for straightening that out :stuck_out_tongue: but still the story is touching

#11

yes a very touching story indeed I actually did an off topic post on my snowboard site about the shamisen where I included that clip (I will let you know about this shamisen promotion once the new site version is ready which might take up to another month or so) and I shall check youtube for a good geisha documentary

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