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  2. Traditional Japanese musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Japanese musical instruments, known as wagakki (和楽器) in Japanese, are musical instruments used in the traditional folk music of Japan. They comprise a range of string , wind , and percussion instruments.

  3. Category:Japanese musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Japanese musical instruments" ... Traditional Japanese musical instruments; 0–9. 17-string koto; 80-string koto; B. Binzasara; Biwa; D. Den-den ...

  4. List of national instruments (music) - Wikipedia

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    The Koto: A Traditional Instrument in Contemporary Japan. Hotei. ISBN 90-74822-63-0. Japan: Kubota, Hideki (1986). Yakumogoto no shirabe: Shinwa to sono kokoro (八雲琴の調べ : 神話とその心 / 窪田英樹) (in Japanese). Ōsaka-shi: Tōhō Shuppan. ISBN 4-88591-144-3. Japan: Wade, Bonnie C. (1976). Tegotomono: Music for the Japanese ...

  5. Traditional Japanese music - Wikipedia

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    Musicians and dancer, Muromachi period Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan. Japan's Ministry of Education classifies hōgaku (邦楽, lit. ' Japanese music ') as a category separate from other traditional forms of music, such as gagaku (court music) or shōmyō (Buddhist chanting), but most ethnomusicologists view hōgaku, in a broad sense, as the form from ...

  6. Music of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The word for "music" in Japanese is 音楽 (ongaku), combining the kanji 音 on (sound) with the kanji 楽 gaku (music, comfort). [1] Japan is the world's largest market for music on physical media [citation needed] and the second-largest overall music market, with a retail value of US$2.7 billion in 2017. [2]

  7. Koto (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The koto (箏 or 琴) is a Japanese plucked half-tube zither instrument, and the national instrument of Japan. It is derived from the Chinese zheng and se, and similar to the Mongolian yatga, the Korean gayageum and ajaeng, the Vietnamese đàn tranh, the Sundanese kacapi and the Kazakh jetigen. [1]

  8. Horagai - Wikipedia

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    Horagai (法 螺 貝) (or jinkai 陣 貝) are large conch shells, usually from Charonia tritonis, that have been used as trumpets in Japan for many centuries. The instrument, which has served a number of purposes throughout Japanese history, has been given a number of Japanese names depending on its function. Special schools still teach ...

  9. Shinobue - Wikipedia

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    The shinobue (kanji: 篠笛; also called takebue (kanji: 竹笛) in the context of Japanese traditional arts) is a Japanese transverse flute or fue that has a high-pitched sound [citation needed]. It is found in hayashi and nagauta ensembles, and plays important roles in noh and kabuki theatre music.