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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 ...
In Japan, music includes a wide array of distinct genres, both traditional and modern. The word for "music" in Japanese is 音楽 (ongaku), combining the kanji 音 on (sound) with the kanji 楽 gaku (music, comfort). [1]
Jiuta, as well as nagauta, is a typical form of Utaimono (歌いもの, lyrical music) in traditional Japanese music. Jiuta traces its oldest origins to shamisen music, and is the predecessor of a number of later shamisen pieces, having greatly influence the development of the genre throughout the Edo period; it can be said that both jōruri ...
A scene of recitation in a hall. Rōkyoku (浪曲; also historically called naniwa-bushi, 浪花節) is a genre of traditional Japanese narrative singing.This genre is performed by a singer accompanied by a shamisen, rōkyoku became very popular in Japan during the first half of the 20th century.
The first reference to nagauta as shamisen music appears in the second volume of Matsu no ha (1703). [1] By the 18th century, the shamisen had become an established instrument in kabuki, when the basic forms and classifications of nagauta crystallized [1] as a combination of different styles stemming from the music popular during the Edo period.
Jōruri (浄瑠璃) is a form of traditional Japanese narrative music in which a tayū (太夫) sings to the accompaniment of a shamisen. [1] Jōruri accompanies bunraku, traditional Japanese puppet theater. [2] As a form of storytelling, jōruri emphasizes the lyrics and narration rather than the music itself. [3]
Japanese traditional music (5 C, 39 P) V. Visual kei (2 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Japanese styles of music" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
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