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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 ...
Uchiwa-daiko (団扇太鼓, literally, fan drum) is a type of racket-shaped Japanese drum. It is the only Japanese traditional drum without a sound box and only one skin. It is played with a drumstick while hanging it with the other hand. [58][59] A middle-sized chū-daiko being played on a slanted stand.
Kokiriko (筑子 、 こきりこ) – a pair of sticks which are beaten together slowly and rhythmically. Shakubyoshi (also called shaku) – clapper made from a pair of flat wooden sticks. Mokugyo (木魚, also called 'wooden fish') – woodblock carved in the shape of a fish, struck with a wooden stick; often used in Buddhist chanting ...
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]
Etymology. The word min'yō is a compound word of 'folk, the people' (民, min) and 'song' (謡, yō). In East Asia, the word is found in Chinese sources since the fifth century. In Japan, the first record of its usage is found in 901 AD. However, the word had only one incidence until 1890. For that reason, min'yō is considered a calque of the ...
Professional players can produce virtually any pitch they wish from the instrument, and play a wide repertoire of original Zen music, ensemble music with koto, biwa, and shamisen, folk music, jazz, and other modern pieces. Much of the shakuhachi 's subtlety (and player's skill) lies in its rich tone colouring, and the ability for its variation.
Okinawan music (沖縄音楽, Okinawa ongaku) is the music associated with the Okinawa Islands of southwestern Japan. In modern Japan, it may also refer to the musical traditions of Okinawa Prefecture, which covers the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands in addition to the Okinawa Islands. It has its roots in the larger musical traditions of the ...
Tsuzumi. A tsuzumi assembled by a musician of the Ōkura school. The tsudzumi (鼓) or tsuzumi is a hand drum of Japanese origin. [1] It consists of a wooden body shaped like an hourglass, and it is taut, with two drum heads with cords that can be squeezed or released to increase or decrease the tension of the heads respectively.