Shamisen

The shamisen is a Japanese musical instrument that finds its origin in a Chinese instrument. Shamisen means "three strings" and you guessed right, the shamisen does in fact have three strings (the name would be pretty silly if it didn't)! It's played using a plectrum called bachi (the kitten obviously forgot his...).

Well, that's about as far as my knowledgde on the shamisen goes, so until tomorrow! =^o,,o^=