Gagaku Instruments - Gagakki

...In China, gagaku means "music of elegance" and is opposed to vulgar music. It was established and developed based on the idea of ​​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. Gagaku in the narrow sense uses ancient gagaku instruments, plays two types of music, Dojiyo-touka and Dogagakuken, and has a set format of dancing the Hachiitsu dance. Gagaku in the narrow sense was also transmitted from China to Korea and Vietnam, but the gagaku that was transmitted to Japan was the vulgar music of the Tang dynasty court, and the instruments used were different, so it was not the ancient gagaku based on Confucianism. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "gagaku instruments" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…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。朝鮮，ベトナムには中国から狭義の雅楽も伝わったが，日本に伝来した雅楽は唐朝の宮廷俗楽であって，使用する楽器も異なり，儒教に基づく古制の雅楽ではない。…

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