At the time of the Reforms, shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese banjo) was regarded luxurious and the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) forbade the common people to play it.
これは改革時に三味線が贅沢なものと見なされ、庶民が三味線を弾く事を幕府から禁止されてしまった。