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Shinto music is the ceremonial and festive music of Shinto (神道), the indigenous religion of Japan. Its origin myth is the erotic dance of Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto which lured Amaterasu from her cave.
1970 - 1st World Popular Song Festival; 1st Japan Music Awards; 1st publication of Music Labo; Nippon Music Foundation established; 1972 - 1st Tokyo Music Festival; 1974 - 1st FNS Music Festival; 1978 - 1st broadcast of The Best Ten [8] 1979 - Number one singles include Chameleon Army, Young Man (Y.M.C.A.) and Ihojin.
In 1982 (Shōwa 57), Japanese music was released on records and performed in concerts, and there were charts, awards, contests and festivals.. During that year, Japan continued to have the second largest music market in the world, [1] [2] and the second largest market for jazz musicians.
Shinto is a religion native to Japan with a centuries'-long history tied to various influences in origin. [1]Although historians debate [citation needed] the point at which it is suitable to begin referring to Shinto as a distinct religion, kami veneration has been traced back to Japan's Yayoi period (300 BC to AD 300).
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 ...
The music of A Distant Cry from Spring (1980), by Masaru Sato, won the 4th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Music (awarded in 1981). [47] Lalabel, the Magical Girl includes songs by Mitsuko Horie . [ 48 ] [ 49 ] [ 50 ] Animation: The Best Ten 1980 , a parody of The Best Ten , was released on 20 December.
The music of MacArthur's Children (1984), by Shin'ichirō Ikebe, won the 39th Mainichi Film Award for Best Music [37] and the 8th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Music (awarded in 1985). [38] The music of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is by Joe Hisaishi. [39] The music of The Return of Godzilla is by Reijiro Koroku . [40]
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