<Li> Ikuta ryu - Originated in Eastern Japan . It is played with shamisen . </Li> <Li> Yamada ryu - Originated in Western Japan . It is focused on songs . </Li> <P> Traditional Japanese musicians sometimes collaborate with modern Western musicians . Also, musicians create new styles of Japanese music influenced by the West but still using traditional musical instruments . </P> <Ul> <Li> 琵琶 Biwa </Li> <Li> 琴 Koto (musical instrument) </Li> <Li> 一絃琴 Ichigenkin </Li> <Li> 三線 Sanshin </Li> <Li> 三味線 Shamisen </Li> <Li> 大和 琴 Yamatogoto </Li> <Li> 胡弓 Kokyū </Li> <Li> 法 竹 Hocchiku </Li> <Li> 能管 Nohkan </Li> <Li> 龍笛 Ryuteki </Li> <Li> 尺 八 Shakuhachi </Li> <Li> 篠笛 Shinobue </Li> <Li> 篳篥 Hichiriki </Li> <Li> 笙 Shō </Li> <Li> 竽 Yu (wind instrument) </Li> <Li> 法螺貝 Horagai </Li> <Li> 鞨鼓 Kakko </Li> <Li> 太鼓 Taiko </Li> <Li> 大鼓 Otsuzumi </Li> <Li> 小鼓 Kotsuzumi </Li> <Li> 鼓 Tsuzumi </Li> <Li> 締 太鼓 Shime - Daiko </Li> <Li> 拍子木 Hyoshigi </Li> <Li> 鉦鼓 Shōko </Li> </Ul>

These three instruments have played a prominent role in traditional japanese music