However, the shamisen, an instrument full of expression, introduced from abroad and reached its full potential by the early Edo period, and moreover, the koto and kokyu were added and consequently a new kind of music developed.
しかし近世に至って表現豊かな楽器である三味線が渡来、完成され、更に箏、胡弓が加わり、これらによる新たな音楽が生まれた。