This sanxian, introduced in Okinawa, was changed into the sanshin, and the sanxian introduced in Sakai, Izumi Province, Osaka in the sixteenth century was the origin of today's shamisen.
この三弦が沖縄に伝来し三線に、そしてまた16世紀に大阪泉州の堺へと伝わり現在の三味線の原型となった。