Ritual music for shinto ceremonies

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Instrumental ensemble

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Dance music

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It is commonly performed in shrines and temples

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Is a traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring - the season of cherry blossoms

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Is a big drum on a stand and is struck with a padded stick

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Is a japanese two-headed drum with hourglass-shaped bodies

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Is a large Japanese hanging drum. It often accompanies imperial court music of gagaku

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Is a traditional Japanese musical instrument traditionally played as a form of entertainment in the imperial courts.

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Is a Japanese lute that is known for its graceful, pear-shaped body

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Is a three-stringed musical instrument played with a plectrum

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Is a Japanese bamboo flute, imported from china in the eight century

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Consists of 17 bamboo pipes.

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Is a parallel bamboo flute. It is the only melodic instrument used in noh

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Japanese Double-reed instrument

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A transverse bamboo flute

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Considered as the contemporary Japanese music that is popular amon the youths of Japan.

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is an archipelago, or strings of islands, on the eastern edge of Asia.

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A cone-shaped volcano that is consideredsacred to the Japanese

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