Music of Japan
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In Japan, music includes a wide array of distinct genres, both traditional and modern. The word for "music" in Japanese is 音楽, combining the kanji 音 on with the kanji 楽 gaku. Japan is the world's larg
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Taiko performing
A Japanese folkswoman with her shamisen, 1904
Ichiro Fujiyama, influential ryūkōka singer
Japan
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Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk in the north, an
Music of Japan
…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…
Legendary Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇, Jinmu-tennō)
Japanese samurai boarding a Mongol vessel during the Mongol invasions of Japan, depicted in the Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba, 1293
Three unifiers of Japan. Left to right: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Emperor Meiji (明治天皇, Meiji-tennō); 1852–1912