The shamisen player was on the brink of extinction after the death of Tomi HAYASHIYA (the wife of Somemaru HAYASHIYA II), who was designated as a selected intangible cultural property, as it became difficult to find her successors after the War.
三味線奏者は、戦後の後継者難から、選択無形文化財に指定された林家とみ（2代目林家染丸の妻）の没後滅亡の危機に晒された。