It was the sound of the biwa (lute). The instrument is believed to have arrived in Japan during the Nara Period (710-784). When he was 28, Sulis went to see a Chikuzen-style biwa artisan and ...

As I watched the anime on a video-streaming service, I wanted to know more about the Japanese short-necked lute, which produces plaintive sounds. I visited Yukihiro Goto, 61, who played the biwa ...