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Music of Japan

In Japan, music includes a wide array of distinct genres, both traditional and modern. The word for "music" in Japanese is 音楽 (ongaku), combining the kanjion (sound) with the kanji 楽 gaku (music, comfort).[1] Japan is the world's largest market for music on physical media and the second-largest overall music market, with a retail value of US$2.7 billion in 2017.[2]

(声明 or 聲明), or Buddhist chanting

shōmyō

(雅楽), or orchestral court music

gagaku

Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

Japan Philharmonic Orchestra

Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra

Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra

New Japan Philharmonic

NHK Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa

Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra

Osaka Shion Wind Orchestra

Sapporo Symphony Orchestra

Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra

Cool Japan

Oricon

Shibuya-kei

List of musical artists from Japan

List of Japanese hip hop musicians

List of J-pop artists

Johnson, H., ed. (2024). Leiden: Brill.

Handbook of Japanese Music in the Modern Era.

(1959), Japanese Music and Musical Instruments (1st ed.), Tokyo & Rutland, Vt.: C. E. Tuttle Co.

Malm, William P.

(1963), Nagauta: The Heart of Kabuki Music, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, hdl:2027/mdp.39015007996476, ISBN 9780837169002

Malm, William P.

(in French) Musée d'ethnographie de Genève. Accessed November 25, 2010.

Audio clips: Traditional music of Japan.

Accessed November 25, 2010.

BBC Radio 3 Audio (60 minutes): Minyo singers and Taiko drumming.

Accessed November 25, 2010.

BBC Radio 3 Audio (60 minutes): Sadao China, Yoriko Ganeko, The Rinken Band.

columbia.jp – Japanese Traditional Music

Best Japanese non-pop music artists

(international group of scholars who research Japanese music and performing arts)

Japanese Performing Arts special interest group, Society for Ethnomusicology