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• Bungo-kei joruri
  *''Japanese'': 豊後系浄瑠璃　''(Bungo-kei joururi)'' ...storytelling) is a category of styles or genres of narrative [[shamisen]] music and singing, performed mainly in the [[kabuki]] theater and by [[geisha]] a
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• William Malm
  ...panese music ensemble and published numerous works on traditional Japanese music. ...university's collection of musical instruments, and pioneered its Japanese music ensemble.
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• Nagauta
  *''Japanese'': 長唄 ''(nagauta)'' ...is today the style of shamisen music with the most ''ryûha'' ("schools" of music), and the most amateur students.
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• Xinyue
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 心越 ''(Xīnyuè / Shin'etsu)'' ...an ([[Zen]]) priest credited with introducing [[Ming Dynasty]] ''[[qin]]'' music into Japan in [[1677]].
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• Kokyoku
  *''Japanese'': 古曲 ''(kokyoku)'' ...term used to refer to a certain group of styles or genres of [[shamisen]] music (and accompanying song) which have fallen out of currently active [[kabuki|
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• Kakeai
  *''Japanese'': 掛合 ''(kakeai)'' ...ki: more than meets the eye." ''The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music''. Surrey: Ashgate Publishing, 2008. p245.
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• Tokyo Music School
  [[File:Tokyosymphonyhall.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The Symphony Hall of the Tokyo Music School]] *''Japanese'': 東京音楽学校 ''(Toukyou ongaku gakkou)''
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• Aak
  ''Aak'' (lit. "elegant music") was the primary form of formal ritual music of the royal court in the Korean kingdoms of [[Koryo]] ([[918]]-[[1392]]) a ...izong]].<ref>Chia-Ying Yeh, "The Revival and Restoration of Ryukyuan Court Music, Uzagaku: Classification and Performance Techniques, Language Usage, and Tr
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• Kina Moriaki
  *''Japanese'': [[喜名]] 盛昭 ''(Kina Moriaki)'' ...y known as the leading expert on ''[[rujigaku]]'', the formal processional music of the Ryukyuan royal court.
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• Kutu
  [[Image:Kutu.JPG|right|thumb|300px|A Japanese ''[[koto]]'' tuned to become an Okinawan ''kutu''.]] ...apanese instrument being adopted into the repertoire of Okinawan classical music.
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• Tansui Kenchu
  *''Japanese'': 湛水親方賢忠 ''(Tansui ueekata kenchuu)'' ...larly popular among the Ryukyuan elites at that time, with native Ryukyuan music being seen as vulgar.
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• Miyagi Michio
  *''Japanese'': [[宮城]] 道雄 ''(Miyagi Michio)'' ...oneer in the development of a concept of categories or styles of "Japanese music" as a national tradition.
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• Yamauchi Seihin
  *''Japanese'': [[山内]] 盛彬 ''(Yamauchi Seihin)'' Yamauchi Seihin was a scholar of classical Okinawan music.
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• Seki Nanrai
  *''Japanese'': [[関]] 南頼 ''(Seki Nanrai)'' ...Gishi gakufu]]'', a significant publication on [[Ming Dynasty|Ming-style]] music.
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• Tansui-ryu
  *''Japanese'': 湛水流 ''(Tansui-ryuu)'' The earliest extant notation for Tansui-ryû music, however, only dates back to the [[Meiji period]], but overall the school i
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• Saikoku kudari
  *''Music: [[Kan'ami]]'' *''Japanese'': 西国下り ''(Saikoku kudari)''
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• Amami music
  The traditional and folk music of the [[Amami Islands]] is closely related to that of [[Okinawa Island|Oki ...cal sound recognizably distinct from that of either Okinawan or "mainland" Japanese folk songs. In addition, the three-stringed [[sanshin]] is played in Amami
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• Ryu Seika
  *''Japanese'': [[龍]] 世華 ''(Ryû Seika)'' He studied [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]]-style music under [[Gi Shimei]].
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• Ryu Soro
  *''Japanese'': [[龍]] 草廬 ''(Ryû Sôro)'' ...losely involved with a circle of performers of [[Ming Dynasty|Ming-style]] music, under the tutelage of [[Gi Shimei]].
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• Afuso Seigen
  ...[1785]]/2/15<ref>Dates on the Okinawan lunar calendar. May differ from the Japanese lunar calendar.</ref>'' *''Japanese'': 安冨祖正元　''(Afuso Seigen)''
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• Sakai Tadazumi
  *''Japanese'': [[酒井]] 忠恭 ''(Sakai Tadazumi)'' ...nstruments and costumes made. Following Tadazumi's death in [[1772]], Ming music continued to be passed down within the Sakai family, but was never again st
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• Sakai Tadahiro
  *''Japanese'': [[酒井]] 忠道 ''(Sakai Tadahiro)'' ...others in his court. In the first decades of the 1800s, Tadahiro had Ming music performed at gatherings at his [[daimyo yashiki|Edo mansion]], and elsewher
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• Miyazaki Inpo
  *''Japanese'': [[宮崎]] 筠圃 ''(Miyazaki Inpo)'' ...tscript to the [[1768]] ''[[Gishi gakufu]]'', a significant compilation of music in the style of the [[Ming Dynasty]].
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• Ikehara Kosei
  *''Japanese'': [[池原]] 厚清 ''(Ikehara Kousei)'' ...known for being one of the first Ryukyuans to learn [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] music, and to perform it.
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• Zhu Zaiyu
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': [[朱]] 載堉 ''(Zhū Zàiyù / Shu Saiiku)'' ...n Imperial prince of the [[Ming Dynasty]], known today for his writings on music and dance. He is said to have been the first person in the world to devise
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• Guzheng
  ...a traditional Chinese musical instrument, a zither closely resembling the Japanese ''[[koto]]''. Unlike many other East Asian zithers, it employs metal string ...r zithers, and is higher in pitch. It is used both in court music and folk music, and is often associated with romantic subjects.
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• Gagaku
  *''Japanese'': 雅楽 ''(gagaku)'' ...characters. Chia-Ying Yeh, "The Revival and Restoration of Ryukyuan Court Music, Uzagaku: Classification and Performance Techniques, Language Usage, and Tr
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• Sho
  [[File:Sho-pem.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A 19th c. Japanese ''shô'' on display at the [[Peabody Essex Museum]]]] *''Japanese/Chinese'': 笙 ''(shou / shēng)''
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• Shosagoto
  *''Japanese'': 所作事 ''(shosagoto)'' ...kuromisu'', play as well during a ''shosagoto'' dance scene, adding to the music performed by those visible onstage.
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• Kokuba Koken
  *''Japanese'': [[国場]] 公憲 ''(Kokuba Kouken)'' Kokuba Kôken was an Okinawan musician skilled in the ''[[uzagaku]]'' music of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] royal court.
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• Michiyuki
  *''Japanese'': 道行 ''(michiyuki)'' ...ki: more than meets the eye." ''The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music''. Surrey: Ashgate Publishing, 2008. p244.
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• Nomura-ryu
  *''Japanese'': 野村流 ''(Nomura-ryuu)'' ...e (''ryûha'') of classical Okinawan ''uta-sanshin'' (song and [[sanshin]]) music.
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• Okazaki Romon
  *''Japanese'': [[岡崎]] 盧門 ''(Okazaki Romon)'' ...uthored a number of significant works on poetry, history, and both ancient Japanese and Chinese writing.
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• Kakko
  *''Japanese'': 鞨鼓 ''(kakko)'' ...of the [[Nara period|Nara]] and [[Heian period]]s) and ''tôgaku'' (Chinese music), in which plays a key role in setting and maintaining the rhythm for the e
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• Okinawa Prefectural University of the Arts
  *''Japanese'': 沖縄県立芸術大学 ''(Okinawa kenritsu geijutsu daigaku)'' ...y in the world for studying Okinawan traditional arts (including [[sanshin|music]], [[Ryukyuan dance|dance]], ''[[kumi udui]]'' theatre, [[Ryukyuan textiles
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• Nihon buyo
  *''Japanese'': 日本舞踊 ''(Nihon buyou)'' ...buyô'' (lit. "Japan[ese] dance") is the most prominent form of traditional Japanese dance in modern times. It is one of many so-called "traditional arts" forma
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• Nomura Ancho
  *''Japanese'': 野村安趙 ''(Nomura Anchou)'' ...ryu|Nomura-ryû]] school or style of classical Okinawan ''uta-[[sanshin]]'' music, the largest such school active today.
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• Ryuka
  *''Japanese'': 琉歌 ''(ryuuka)'' ...with an 8-8-8-6 mora structure (in contrast to the 5-7-5-7-7 structure of Japanese ''[[tanka]]'').
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• Aharen Honyu
  *''Japanese'': [[阿波連]] 本勇 ''(Aharen Hon'yuu)'' ...last bearer of the tradition of ''[[rujigaku]]'', the formal processional music of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] royal court.
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• Sakishima Islands
  *''Japanese'': 先島諸島 ''(Sakishima shotô)'' and Modernity in Yaeyaman Pop Music," ''Asian Music'' 39:1 (2008), 42.</ref> of the 1.45 million people in Okinawa prefecture,
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• Gi Shien
  *''Japanese/Chinese'' [[魏]] 之琰 ''(Gi Shien / Wèi Zhīyǎn)'' ...se as Wèi Zhīyǎn, was one of the chief musicians credited with introducing music of the [[Ming Dynasty]] into Japan in the 17th century.
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• Gi Shimei
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[魏]] 子明 ''(Gi Shimei / Wèi Zimíng)'' ...urce for scholars seeking to research the presence and practice of Chinese music in Edo period Japan.
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• Higa Etsuko
  *''Japanese'': [[比嘉]] 悦子 ''(Higa Etsuko)'' ...Okinawan music, in particular ''[[uzagaku]]'', the genre of formal ritual music of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] royal court. A part-time lecture
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• Onaga Sojun
  *''Japanese'': [[翁長]] 宗淳 ''(Onaga Sôjun)'' ...uring which he and several other teenage scholar-officials performed court music and dance at the [[Satsuma Edo mansion]] before [[Shimazu Iehisa]], [[Tokug
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• Gishi gakufu
  *''Japanese'': 魏氏楽譜 ''(Gishi gakufu)'' ...rculated, with the intention of allowing people to study and practice Ming music on their own.
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• Mo Chishi
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[毛]] 致志 ''(Mô Chishi / Máo Zhìzhì)'' .... He received a residence in [[Shuri]] from the royal court, and led daily music lessons and rehearsals at [[Ankokuzen-ji]], and dance lessons and rehearsal
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• Echigo-jishi
  ...Tokusuki I, Matsui Kôzô I, Shinoda Kinji I (lyrics), Kineya Rokuzaemon IX (music)'' *''Japanese'': 越後獅子 ''(Echigo-jishi)''
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• Oimatsu
  *''Japanese'': 老松 ''(Oimatsu)'' *"Pau Hana: Music and Dance from Asia and the Pacific." Concert Program. University of Hawaii
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• Sai Ninho
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[蔡]] 任邦 ''(Sai Ninhou / Cài Rènbāng)'' ...and [[1752]]. Two of Ninhô's brothers were notable instructors of Chinese music as well; his elder brother, [[Sai Nincho|Sai Ninchô]], served alongside hi
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• Harry Seisho Nakasone
  *''Japanese'': [[仲宗根]] 盛松 ''(Nakasone Seishou)'' ...ura-ryû]] school (style) of classical Okinawan ''[[sanshin|uta-sanshin]]'' music.
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