didn't know what a Sanshin was before finding this cover, it's such a neat little instrument. you can see why it might be confused with a shamisen very easily but it's clearly different due to all the snakeskin, as it was traditionally made in okinawa and surrounding regions. it's like the shamisen but with a funny look, but that's me oversimplifying things, I'm sure there's differences in sound and tuning that I'm not aware of after a quick skim of wikipedia.

