Process to make Shamisen

ARAKI
Shamisen made from woods which are KARIN, SHITAN and KOHKI.
Every kind of these woods are Asia area's

KIDORI
Make 3 pieaces ARAKI by hand saw. And make joint.

HADATSUKI
Woods are very hard, and useing CHONA which is kind of chisel,
still in the process of being formed.

HOZOGANE-IRE
Put in silver or gold parts to joint for more stronger.

MARUME
Useing files, making more dimensional.
Useing NAMAZORI for one of Shamisen part SARUO.

MIGAKI (to shine)
To brush and shine, useing 3 kind ofwhetstones.

Making SAWARI edge
Making edge for SAWARI.

YAKINUKI(make hole of Itomaiki)
Making hole for Fukurin, useing steel stick which is burning.
Then if use like a drill, it makes crack easy.

DOU-SHIKOMI
Make square hole and whole.

KAWAHARI
Put on skin for DOU. If not enough strech skin and put on,
shamisen's sound become no good.

Fitting ITOMAKI
Shaving ITOMKI. Most important fitting with FUKURIN.

ITO-KAKE
Put on DOU-KAKE, NEO, strings.

Sorry, Pictures are not clearly.