Gagaku (雅楽, literally "elegant music") is a type of Japanese classical music that has been performed at the Imperial court for several centuries. It consists of three primary bodies: native Shintoist religious music and folk songs, saibara, as well as a Korean form (more accurately songs of Korean and Manchurian origin) , komagaku, and a Chinese form (specifically Tang Dynasty), togaku. By the 7th century, the gakuso (a zither) and the gakubiwa (a short-necked lute) had been introduced in Japan from China. Various instruments including these three were the earliest used to play gagaku.

Komagaku and togaku arrived in Japan during the Nara period (710-794), and settled into the basic modern divisions during the Heian period (794-1185). Gagaku performances were played by musicians who belonged to hereditary guilds. During the Kamakura period (1185-1333), military rule was imposed and gagaku was performed in the homes of the aristocracy, but rarely at court. At this time, there were three guilds based in Osaka, Nara and Kyoto.

Because of the Onin War which was a civil war from 1467 to 1477 during the Muromachi period, gagaku in ensemble had been stopped playing in Kyoto for about 100 years. In the Edo era, Tokugawa government re-organized the court style ensemble which is the direct roots of the present one.

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報告会用のレジュメ完成間近!終わり次第惰眠を貪りたい
gagaku (雅楽) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:07:44 -0000
報告会用のレジュメ完成間近!終わり次第惰眠を貪りたい
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至高のお菓子・たけのこの里!!異論は認めない!!

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