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Japanese Music, Theatre and Dance: Nosonenko Kateryna

Japanese music, theatre, and dance encompass a wide variety of traditional and modern genres. Traditional Japanese instruments include the shakuhachi flute, koto zither, sanshin banjo, and shamisen lute. Notable modern Japanese music artists are B'z, AKB48, and Ayumi Hamasaki. Traditional theatre genres are Noh drama, kyogen comedy, kabuki dance theatre, bunraku puppetry, and yose spoken drama. Japanese dance styles include kabuki theatre dance, Noh mai, Nihon buyo, and various folk dances like bon odori.

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Japanese Music, Theatre and Dance: Nosonenko Kateryna

Japanese music, theatre, and dance encompass a wide variety of traditional and modern genres. Traditional Japanese instruments include the shakuhachi flute, koto zither, sanshin banjo, and shamisen lute. Notable modern Japanese music artists are B'z, AKB48, and Ayumi Hamasaki. Traditional theatre genres are Noh drama, kyogen comedy, kabuki dance theatre, bunraku puppetry, and yose spoken drama. Japanese dance styles include kabuki theatre dance, Noh mai, Nihon buyo, and various folk dances like bon odori.

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Japanese music, theatre

and dance

Nosonenko Kateryna
Japan Music
In Japan, music includes a wide array of
distinct genres, both traditional and
modern. The word for "music" in Japanese is
音楽 (ongaku), combining the kanji音 on
楽
(sound) with the kanji gaku (music,
comfort).
Traditional
Japanese Shakuhachi Koto

Instruments

Sanshin

Shamisen

Top of music artists in Japan


B'z

Genres: hard rock, pop rock, blues


rock, new wave, J-pop

Years active: 1988–present


AKB48

AKB48 have been characterized as a social phenomenon.


They are among the highest-earning musical acts in
Japan, and are the fifth-best-selling girl group worldwide.

Genres: J-pop

Years active: 2005–present


Ayumi Hamasaki

Ayumi Hamasaki ( 浜崎あゆみ , Hamasaki Ayumi, born


October 2, 1978) is a Japanese singer, songwriter,
record producer, actress, model, spokesperson, and
entrepreneur.

Hamasaki has sold over 60.94 million units as of


2019, making her the best-selling Japanese solo
artist in history.

Genres: J-pop,pop,dance,electronic,rock

Years active: 1993–present


Japanese theatre
Traditional Japanese theatre is among
the oldest theatre traditions in the
world. Traditional theatre includes Noh,
a spiritual drama, and its comic
accompaniment kyōgen; kabuki, a
dance and music theatrical tradition;
bunraku, puppetry; and yose, a spoken
drama.
Traditional forms of theatre
Noh and kyōgen

Noh and kyōgen theatre traditions are among the oldest continuous theatre traditions in the
world. The earliest existing kyōgen scripts date from the 15th century. Noh was a spiritual drama,
combining symbolism from Buddhism and Shinto and focusing on tales with mythic significance.

KabUki

Kabuki combines music, drama, and dance, often using period-accurate costumes and intense
choreography.

Bunraku

Bunraku began in the 16th century.

Yose

Yose was a popular form of spoken theatre in the Edo period.


Japanese dance
Japanese traditional dance describes a
number of Japanese dance styles with a
long history and prescribed method of
performance.
Types of Japanese traditional dance
Kabuki

Kabuki is a classical Japanese dance-drama.

Noh mai

Noh mai is a dance that is done to music that is made by flutes and small hand drums called
tsuzumi.
Nihon buyō

Nihon buyō is different from most other traditional dancesi.


Folk dances

There are a wide variety of folk dances in Japan.


Bon odori

Bon odori is a type of folk dance performed during the Obon Festival.
Jiuta mai

Jiuta mai is a refined dance form that comes from the pleasure quarters in Osaka and Kyoto.
“Experience nature, and in doing so learn
about yourself.”

– Japanese Proverb

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