music of Japan
Let an agent explain music of Japan, relay traditions, genres, instruments and history from ethnomusicology and music journalism sources, describe the genres the registry aliases name, and distinguish Japanese music from East Asian music generally, anime soundtracks as a use, and Western genres performed in Japan.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain music of Japan, relay traditions, genres, instruments and history from ethnomusicology and music journalism sources, describe the genres the registry aliases name, and distinguish Japanese music from East Asian music generally, anime soundtracks as a use, and Western genres performed in Japan.
The music traditions and industries of Japan, from court gagaku and Buddhist chant, heikyoku, the recitation of the Tale of the Heike to biwa accompaniment, and instrumental traditions of koto, shamisen and shakuhachi, through enka, college folk of the 1960s student folk movement and contemporary Japanese popular music such as J-pop, city pop and anime music, to Japanese classical and contemporary art music by composers such as Toru Takemitsu, the experimental Japanoise scene and onkyokei, a quiet improvised music that emerged in Tokyo around the late 1990s.
What it is for: Cultural expression and entertainment.
It can be explain traditions and genres; relay history; describe named genres; distinguish related categories.
Distinguishing features
Ancient court traditions
Distinctive instruments
Large popular music industry
Influential experimental scenes
What it looks like
Not a visible object; heard in performance, recordings and media.
Physical character
gagaku UNESCO listing: 2009 year - intangible heritage
Japan music market: among the largest in the world note - strong physical media sales
Takemitsu November Steps: 1967 year
How it is recognised
Music traditions and industries of Japan
Heikyoku, contemporary Japanese music, Japanese classical music, onkyokei, Japanoise, college folk
East Asian music includes China and Korea; anime music is a use context; Western genres in Japan may adapt local styles
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
includes -
includes -
uses - among other instruments
In practice
Families and kinds
gagaku and court music
Buddhist and narrative music such as heikyoku
instrumental traditions
min yo folk songs
enka and kayokyoku
J-pop, city pop and anime music
experimental and noise music
Standards and regulation
Copyright management by JASRAC
Cultural property protection for traditional arts
Failure modes and hazards
Exoticising Japanese music
Reducing it to J-pop or anime
Confusing genres across eras
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What music of Japan is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What does music of Japan include, and how does it differ from East Asian music generally and anime music? definition
- Is the question about traditional music, a genre, an artist or the industry? boundary
Genres
Named genres.
Genres
Genres.
- What are heikyoku, contemporary and classical Japanese music, onkyokei, Japanoise and college folk? definition
- Which entry fits the specific genre? action
Traditional Traditional music.
Sources.
Court
Court and religious music.
Court
Court.
- What are gagaku, shomyo and heikyoku? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Instruments
Instruments.
Instruments
Instruments.
- How are koto, shamisen, shakuhachi and biwa played? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Modern Modern music.
Application.
Popular
Popular music.
Popular
Popular.
- How did kayokyoku, folk, city pop and J-pop develop? provenance
- Which entry fits city pop? action
Experimental
Experimental music.
Experimental
Experimental.
- How did Japanoise and onkyokei gain international influence? provenance
- Which entry fits Merzbow? action
Context Industry and art music.
Context.
Industry
Industry.
Industry
Industry.
- What makes the Japanese music market distinctive? provenance
- Which entry fits Oricon? action
Art music
Art music.
Art music
Art music.
- How did composers such as Takemitsu blend Japanese and Western traditions? provenance
- Which entry fits Toru Takemitsu? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the named genres be separate entries?
- How should ethnomusicology sources be linked?
- How should current charts and industry data be kept current?