What's GAGAKU?

GAGAKU is name of Japanese traditional court music. It includes "KANGEN (instrumentalm music come from east of ASIA) ", "BUGAKU (dance with KANGEN) ", "KAYOU (song made in HEIAN period) ", "KUNIBURINOUTAMAI (mythical dance and song handed down from ancient Japan) ".

We play only "KANGEN". That uses three wind instrument (HICHIRIKI, RYUTEKI, SHO) and three percussion instrument (TAIKO, KAKKO, SHOKO) and two string instrument (GAKUSOU, BIWA).

Hichiriki

Ryuteki

Shou