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 kanji 音 on (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]
(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
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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)