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Pages in category "Japanese Christmas songs" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Christmas albums by Japanese artists" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Japanese-American R&B artist Hikaru Utada heavily sampled the theme for her 2009 song "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence – FYI", from the album This Is the One. In 2008, a cover version of " Forbidden Colours " was included on Hollywood Mon Amour , [ 18 ] a collection of songs from soundtracks of movies made in the 1980s, rearranged by Marc Collin ...
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 ...
Another recognized music form from Japan is noise music, also known as Japanoise when referring to noise music made by Japanese artists. Some of the most prominent representatives of this form include Merzbow, Masonna, Hanatarash, and The Gerogerigegege. As befits the challenging nature of the music, some noise music performers have become ...
Visual kei (Japanese: ヴィジュアル系), also known as "visual style", is a prominent wave in Japan's music world that encapsulates bands with androgynous appearances who play a variety of music styles ranging from heavy metal to electronic. Similar to cosplay, visual kei artists typically cross- dress and flaunt very embellished costumes ...
Chinese dynasties, particularly the Tang dynasty, have influenced Japanese culture throughout history and brought it into the Sinosphere. After 220 years of isolation, the Meiji era opened Japan to Western influences, enriching and diversifying Japanese culture. Popular culture shows how much contemporary Japanese culture influences the world. [2]
Umeda Arts Theatre, the Musicals of Japan Origin project [12], Meijiza, and other companies have also produced original musicals in Japan. Japan has also seen productions of musicals from South Korea, France, Austria, and other places around the world that have not had English-language productions. Elisabeth is the most famous of these.