I would say YES : 3 strings, a skin, a koma, a neo, a fretless sao. 面白い
It’s most likely a little mini-hybrid shamisen someone made. It does meat all the standards for a Shamisen though.
Jacobus Jacob, je serais curieuse de savoir où tu as déniché ce 丸三味線 (Marushamisen).
Just out of curiosity, where have you found this round shamisen?
Tout à fait par hasard, en tapant “shamisen” dans Google Image mais je ne retrouve plus le lien … désolé…
Too bad. It is certainly a nice looking instrument!
Oh, I thought it was a picture that you took… But I guess after seeing this one we can really say that shamisen is a japanese banjo 