Japanese Classical

The classical music of Japan, know as Gagaku (雅楽, literally "elegant music"), has been performed at the Imperial Court in Kyoto for several centuries. It consists of three primary repertoires:

1. Native Shinto religious music and folk songs and dance, called kuniburi no utamai
2. A Goguryeo and Manchurian form, called komagaku (named for Koma, one of the Three Kingdoms)
3. A Chinese and South Asia form (specifically Tang Dynasty), called togaku.[1]