Sanpo Gakuso - Sanpo Gakuso

Japanese: 三方楽所 - さんぽうがくそ

A term used in gagaku. The Gakusho (Gakusho) was established in 948 (Tenryaku 2) as a kind of station for gagaku performers in the imperial court, but it eventually came to officially function as an institution replacing the Gagaku-ryo, which had previously been in charge of music and dance. When the Onin War (1467-77) and other events made it difficult to maintain gagaku at the imperial court, several musicians from Osaka's Shitennoji Temple (Tennoji side) and Nara's Kofukuji Temple (Nanto side), who had been engaged in gagaku at temples and shrines, were called in to supplement the musicians from the old court (Kyoto side) who had been dispersed in the late 16th century.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

雅楽用語。楽所（がくしよ∥がくそ）は宮中における雅楽演奏家詰所のような意図で948年(天暦2)に設けられたが，やがて，従来は楽舞を管轄していた雅楽寮に代わる機関として公式に機能するようになった。応仁の乱(1467‐77)等で宮廷の雅楽が維持困難になり，16世紀後半離散した旧来の宮廷所属楽人(京都方)を補う形で，寺社の雅楽に従事していた大坂四天王寺(天王寺方)と奈良興福寺(南都方)の楽人若干名が招集された。

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