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No.110 Gagaku(East Gardens of Imperial Palace,Department of musical matters)

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The stage which plays court music of Japan



The court music of Japan is the one which the instrumental music, the dance and the song which was adopted from the Asian Continent Japanese-ized and is classical music in the Japanese oldest which was complete in the middle of the Heian Period. Specifically, the easy part of the Imperial Household Agency gets to do in the folklore at present in the one which was played at the court and in the patriciate and so on. It receives the specification of the important intangible cultural asset in the country. The performance of the court music of Japan by the Imperial Household Agency easy part is done on the easy part hall in the imperial palace east Imperial garden. Incidentally, to listen to the performance, the invitation which is due to the drawing application or the invitation by the introduction becomes necessary.


The easy part which is in the imperial palace and east Imperial garden


White sand (cobblestone) is spread all over the 1st floor seats.


The stage which was seen from the balcony seat
It feels sentence making "DANA" which came from China like an atmosphere.


The bulb in the corridor is good with anything.


The seats fors the audience


The seats fors the audience (It is with the drum that the back is circular).

The formation of performance of the court music of Japan includes three of "the wind and string instruments", "the music accompanying traditional Japanese Court dances", "the songs". There are a performance of the pipe, the strings and the percussion instrument, a dance, and a song and three kinds.
There is one which is called "the Shinto flute (shouldering)" to play well heard peculiar sounds such as ""HUWAA-"" by, too, in the pipe when going to the shrine in addition to the dragon pipe and Koma pipe and so on. The strings become a lute and Wakoto and so on. The percussion instrument is a tsuzumi.


The audience who are busy in the commemorative photography even if the performance ends


The scenery of the imperial palace east Imperial garden

The imperial palace east Imperial garden is free of charge and is generally made public. Because it doesn't accept depending on the day of the week and the time zone, it is necessary to confirm beforehand.


Ootemon (Only two of the entrance to the eastern Imperial garden)


In the height of the building group at Otemachi




The azalea is in full bloom.

The Imperial Household Agency home page
Top Court music of Japan Map of imperial palace east Imperial garden



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