For those of you who don't know this gentleman behind me

如果你們不認識我身後這位先生的話

this is the older of the two Yoshida brothers

這是吉田家的老二

To ask officially

要正式詢問

Today is a bit of a special day. I'm coming out to have a new shamisen built

今天是一個有點特殊的日子。我要出來做一個新的三味線。

All right, so I've been here for a little while now

好吧，所以我已經在這裡一段時間了。

We're doing the Japanese thing of sitting back

我們在做日本人的事情，坐著不動。

Getting to know each other

互相瞭解

having tea

喝茶

And I have yet to get to take a look at single Shamisen. And this is really what it's about because in Japan

而我還沒來得及看一眼單三味線。這就是它的真正意義所在，因為在日本。

There's something called 'Wa', or harmony that kind of needs to be built before any kind of transaction can happen

有一種東西叫 "Wa"，或者說是和諧，在任何交易發生之前，需要建立一種和諧的關係

so we're taking time just chatting getting to know each other, learning about each other's business and life and everything we do and

所以，我們花時間只是哈拉 瞭解對方，瞭解對方的業務和生活 以及我們所做的一切。

Really excited to see what kind of 'Sao' or 'Neck' he's gonna bring out

真想看看他將帶來什麼樣的 "Sao "或 "Neck"。

When it comes to choosing a shamisen the 'Sao' or neck is everything

在選擇三味線時，"聖 "或頸部就是一切。

It not only contributes to most of the costs but also has the greatest impact on the sound

它不僅貢獻了大部分成本，而且對聲音的影響也最大。

Once the neck has been chosen. The rest of the shamisen is built around that neck

一旦選擇了頸部。三味線的其他部分就圍繞著這個頸部而展開了

they've brought out eight different 'Sao'

他們帶來了八種不同的 "聖"。

or next for me, and it's...

或者下一個是我，它是...

The ones over here are like...people don't spend this much on cars. Let's just put it that way

這邊的人就像......人家不花這麼多錢買車。我們就這麼說吧

So right now I'm torn between these two. Let me show you

所以現在我在這兩個之間徘徊。讓我給你看看

All right, so it's just about nighttime now and for reasons that I can't even begin to explain because it would take forever

好了，現在已經快到晚上了 我甚至無法解釋原因 因為這要花上很長時間

I've decided to go with this one.

我決定選擇這個。

It's legitimately getting dark out that the Sun has gone down behind the mountains.

太陽已經落到山後，外面的天色已經變得很黑了。

I have decided

我已經決定

All right, so it's the beginning of December right now and I've come back out to the Shamisen maker's shop

好了，現在是12月初了，我又來到了三味線製造商的店面。

Let's kind of see the progress of things. I'm gonna get a little bit of a tour of the shop

讓我們來看看事情的進展。我會得到一個小一點的商店的旅遊。

He's gonna walk me through a bit of how the Shamisen is made. It's gonna be a fun day

他要帶我去了解一下三味線是怎麼做出來的。這將是一個有趣的一天

That's gonna be the body to my shamisen right there.

這將是我的三味線的身體就在那裡。

This is it right here

就在這裡

This is to help the inner acoustics of the shamisen

這是為了幫助三味書屋的內部音響效果。

There are some that are smooth inside but these ones have a much better sound and are usually reserved for higher level shamisen

也有一些裡面很光滑的，但這些裡面的聲音要好得多，一般都是留給高級別的三味線的。

This is like a mini one right here

這就像一個小型的就在這裡

All right

好吧，我知道了

so I just learned that after the body's made

所以我才知道，在身體的製成後，

the shape starts to change and it makes it so that

形狀開始發生變化，使之成為

it doesn't hold the skin as well

膚淺

And so, one of the things that need to be done about a year after the actual 'Dō' is made

所以，在實際'Dō'作後的一年左右，需要做的事情之一。

The 'Dō' is selected to match the shamisen by the way, so it was made about a year ago

對了，'Dō'的選擇是為了配合三味線，所以是一年前做的。

But now we have to kind of grind and reshape some of the wood

但現在我們要對一些木頭進行研磨和重塑。

to make sure that it actually holds when the skin is put on so that's what we're doing right now.

以確保它實際上持有 當皮膚上，所以這就是我們現在正在做的。

The body or 'Dō' was the first piece of my shamisen that I got to see Komatsu-San work on

本體或 "Dō "是我的三味線的第一件作品，我看到了小松三的工作。

It was really incredible to see him work

看到他工作的樣子，真的很不可思議

We worked on it for the better part of an hour. It had to be just right

我們花了一個小時的時間來研究它。它必須是恰到好處的

There's no going back once a mistake is made

錯了就不能再錯了

Let me show you this

讓我給你看看這個

So, I think it's a pretty obvious statement that every Shamisen starts from a piece of wood

所以，我認為這是一個很明顯的說法，每個三味線都是從一塊木頭開始的。

But this wood... There are three main types of wood that Shamisen are made from just so you know

但這種木頭...三味線有三種主要的木頭，你知道的。

There's a really soft wood called 'Karin'. It was like a mid-range wood called 'Shitan'. And then there's 'Kōki'.

有一種很柔軟的木頭，叫'卡琳'。就像是中檔木頭，叫'志丹'。還有就是'香木'。

And Kōki's what the really good Shamisen are made of

而Kōki是真正好的三味線的製造者。

It feels like I'm knocking on a rock. This thing really is heavy

感覺像是在敲石頭。這東西真的很重

Well, I could talk about this one piece of wood forever

好吧，我可以永遠談論這塊木頭

because I have never actually seen the wood that the Shamisen are made of

因為我從來沒有真正見過三味線是用什麼木頭做的。

This is pretty cool

這真是太酷了

I'll show you what I have seen which is like the base that they're cutting from

我給你看看我所看到的東西，這就像他們正在切割的基座一樣。

Okay, I put on a slightly wider lens for this next part

好吧，我把鏡頭放得稍微寬一點，接下來的部分。

And I want to show you something really cool

我想給你看一些非常酷的東西

It's because the kitchen floor just opened up

因為廚房的地板剛剛開裂了

I'm way more excited about this that I probably should be

我對這件事更興奮，我可能應該是。

up until a moment ago, this here was just the kitchen floor

到剛才為止，這裡只是廚房的地板。

This area here, is something people really don't get to see

這裡的這個區域，是人們真正沒有機會看到的東西。

All of these are Shamisen 'Sao' necks

這些都是三味線'騷'頸。

I don't know why I grabbed my neck

我不知道為什麼我抓著我的脖子不放了

and all of these, are the 'Tanjin' the top part

而這些，都是'丹神'的上半部分。

Komatsu-San admitted that he does have a favorite. In fact one that he would probably never sell

小松山承認，他確實有一個喜歡的人。事實上，他可能永遠不會賣掉的

And he was kind enough to show me the difference in how the sound resonates through the more expensive wood compared to the cheaper ones

他還好心地給我展示了昂貴的木頭與便宜的木頭在聲音共鳴上的不同。

I do think there's something beautiful about the fact that he has one that

我確實認為有一些美麗的東西 他有一個事實，即

he just doesn't want to sell it unless there's somebody that really understands it

他只是不想賣掉它 除非有真正懂它的人。

One of the original offers I got was to actually have my shamisen made from scratch

我最初得到的一個提議是讓我的三味線從頭開始製作。

but there's a lot of risk in that

但這裡面有很大的風險。

Having the shamisen made from scratch, you never really know what you're gonna get until it's done

從頭開始做三味線，你永遠不知道你會得到什麼，直到它完成。

So my tuning pegs my 'Itomaki' are very special. The original, there's only two cents in the world

所以我的調音栓我的'板木'很特別。原版的，世界上只有兩分錢。

But I have them remade for me. This is...

但我讓他們為我重做。這是...

Oh you know what? I'll just show you

哦，你知道嗎？我就給你看看

These right here

這些就在這裡

Now very excitingly we're gonna be prepping the body of my shamisen to be skinned

現在，非常激動人心的是，我們要準備我的三味線的身體被剝皮了

Shamisen are traditionally skinned with animal skin, and I've never really been a big fan of that

三味線是傳統的獸皮，我一直都不太喜歡這個

But Komatsu-San has developed a synthetic shamisen skin.

但小松三開發了一種合成三味線皮膚。

That sounds almost exactly the same

這聽起來幾乎一模一樣

Alright guys, so today is the day! I am currently out in the mountains of the area of Sagamihara

好了，夥計們，今天是個好日子！我現在在相模原地區的山裡。我現在在相模原地區的山裡。

To pick up my new shamisen

去拿我的新三味線

And I couldn't be more excited

我不能再興奮了

So as we get all the parts together for my shamisen

所以，當我們得到所有的零件一起為我的三味線。

There's still one last part of the process is the 'Itomaki', the tuning pegs

還有最後一個環節是 "板卷"，即調音栓。

Being fit to the shamisen

適應三味線

The process for each peg took an incredibly long time

每一個釘子的過程都花了非常長的時間。

with a constant cycle of minor adjustments and checks

循環往復的微調和檢查

until

直到

finally

終於

It's mind-blowing to me

我覺得很震撼

The incredibly delicate level of expertise that goes into every little piece of the Shamisen

三味線的每一個小部件都有著令人難以置信的精細程度。

To see something as simple as the 'Itomaki' have that much effort put into them. It's just...

像 "伊藤卷 "這麼簡單的東西，居然也有這麼大的投入。真是...

I don't even at words.

我甚至不在文字。

This particular shamisen breaks into three pieces and the joints are actually connected by gold

這種特殊的三味線抽成三塊，連接處實際上是由金子連接的。

because it's a soft enough metal to match up with the wood and hold it nice and tight and

因為它是一種足夠柔軟的金屬，與木頭相匹配，並保持良好的和緊密的和

Then it was time to finally start assembling the shamisen

然後終於要開始組裝三味線了。

The excitement was real

興奮是真的

Once the body was fully assembled

車身完全組裝好後

It was time to pick out the parts and accessories that would give the shamisen its look and personality

是時候挑選出能讓三味線看起來更有個性的零件和配件了。

once all put together

合起來

Now it's just time to start putting it together so Komatsu-San is

現在是時候開始組裝了，所以小松山是

Helping with that because obviously he's going to be a lot better at it than I am

幫忙，因為很明顯，他比我更擅長這一點

Alright, so that's it. I've got my new shamisen. Now, I just need a couple years to get used to playing it

好吧，所以這是它。我已經得到了我的新三味線。現在，我只是需要一兩年的時間來適應它的發揮