Tennoji side

Japanese: 天王寺方 - てんのうじかた

A term used in gagaku. A name indicating the lineage of a gagaku expert (called a musician, a reinin, a gakushi, etc.). Refers to musicians belonging to Shitennoji Temple in Osaka. Gagaku has a tradition centered on the imperial court and its own lineage supported by various large temples and shrines. The gakuso (music hall) was established in the imperial court around the mid-Heian period, and musicians were hereditary. On the other hand, groups of musicians who served in religious events at temples and shrines such as Shitennoji Temple and Kofukuji Temple in Nara were also formed hereditarily. The Tennoji side of Shitennoji's musicians claim to have a distant ancestor, Hatano Kawakatsu, a retainer of Prince Shotoku, and take the surname Uzumasa or Hata, and there are five families: Sono, Hayashi, Togi, Oka, and Abe-surname Togi (in ancient times, all of them took the surname Uzumasa or Hata).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

雅楽用語。雅楽演奏専門家(楽人，伶人，楽師などと称す)の出身系統を示す名称。大阪四天王寺所属の楽人を指す。雅楽は宮廷を中心とする伝承と，諸大寺社に擁された独自の系統があり，宮廷には平安中期ころに楽所（がくそ）が組織され，楽人は世襲された。一方，四天王寺や奈良興福寺などの寺社で宗教行事に出仕する演奏者集団も世襲的に形成された。四天王寺の楽人天王寺方は聖徳太子の臣，秦河勝（はたのかわかつ）を遠祖とするとして太秦（うずまさ）または秦姓を名乗り，薗（その），林（はやし），東儀（とうぎ），岡（おか）および安倍姓東儀の5家がある(古くはすべて太秦または秦などの姓を名乗った)。

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