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[[File:Bugaku-scroll.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A scroll painting of various ''bugaku'' dances, 17th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
*''Japanese'': 舞楽 ''(bugaku)''

''Bugaku'' is a classical Japanese form of Imperial court dance, closely associated with ''[[gagaku]]'' court music. It is derived from a combination of [[Shinto]] dance and Chinese, Korean, and Southeast Asian influences, and developed into its mature form largely in the 8th-9th centuries.

Like ''gagaku'' court music, which is divided into Chinese- and Korean-derived forms (''Tôgaku'' and ''Komagaku''), ''bugaku'' is divided into three categories: ''kuniburi-no-mai'' (native Japanese dances), ''Sa-no-mai'' (dances of the left, derived from those of the [[Tang Dynasty]] first introduced in [[698]]), and ''U-no-mai'' (dances of the right, derived from those of Korea). The Chinese-style dances typically use red costumes, while the Korean-style ones use green costumes. Performers included both [[kuge|court nobles]] and hereditary guilds of court entertainers, and ''bugaku'' continued through to the modern era.

The Chinese-style dances are typically accompanied by three types of flutes (''[[hichiriki]]'', ''[[ryuteki|ryûteki]]'', and ''[[sho|shô]]'') and percussion instruments such as the ''[[kakko]]'', ''[[shoko|shôko]]'', and ''[[taiko]]'', without string instruments. The Korean-style dances, the ''shô'' and ''ryûteki'' are replaced by the Korean-style flute (''[[komabue]]''), and the ''san-no-tsuzumi'' instead of ''kakko''.

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==References==
*Gallery labels, [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]].[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/18200814551/sizes/k/]
*Gallery label, "Bugaku Scroll," Metropolitan Museum of Art, 57.52.1.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/3298209948/sizes/l]

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