Japan is an archipelago of ______ islands.

It is similar to joruri music.

It is a music played for kuromisu (lower seats) below the theater stage.

It is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama.

The oldest Japanese traditional music is a form of court music.

It is Japanese vocal ritual music usually sung by Buddhist monks where breath-control and breath expression are practiced.

Folk songs in every region of Japan is called _____

The Japanese equivalent to American country and western music is commonly sung at karaoke bars.

It is a short-necked lute used to accompany stories

It is a drum in various sizes that is used to play a variety of musical genres

It is a Japanese transverse flute

It is a double-reed Japanese flute used as one of two main melodic instruments in Japanese gagaku music, the other being the ryuteki.

It consists of 17 slender bamboo pipes each of which is fitted in its base with a metal free reed.

It is a three-stringed musical instrument played with a plectrum called bachi.