Owari Kiyotari - The End

…East Asian music has the longest history since ancient times. It was established in China and passed on to dynastic states such as Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, where it has been managed and passed down mainly under national systems. Chinese gagaku means “elegant music” and is opposed to vulgar music. It was established and developed based on Confucian ceremonial music, so in the narrow sense it means the music for the rites of the Tenchi sect, but in the broad sense it also includes music for state and court ceremonies and banquets. In the narrow sense, gagaku is performed using ancient gagaku instruments, and has a set format of playing two types of music, Dojiyo-oka and Dogagakuken, and dancing the Hachiitsu dance. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Owari Kiyosari" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…古代以来もっとも長い歴史をもつ東アジアの音楽。中国で成立し，朝鮮，日本，ベトナムなどの王朝国家に伝えられ，主として国家的制度のもとで管理，伝承されてきた。中国の雅楽は，〈雅正の楽〉の意で俗楽に対立し，儒教の礼楽思想に基づいて成立，発展したために狭義には天地宗廟の祭祀楽を意味するが，広義には国家，宮廷の儀式や宴饗の楽も含める。狭義の雅楽は古来の雅楽器を用い，堂上登歌（どうじようとうか），堂下楽懸（どうかがくけん）の2種の楽を奏し，八佾（はちいつ）の舞を舞うという一定の形式を有する。…

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