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📑 The *Sutra of Druma, King of the Kinnara* and the Buddhist Philosophy of Music (A free, 17-page paper from 2021)

Tags: #Buddhastatue #ZenHistory #Gagaku
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/papers/sutra-of-druma-king-of-kinnara_rambelli-fabio

The Sutra of Druma, King of the Kinnara and the Buddhist Philosophy of Music

This chapter discusses a little-known Buddhist scripture, the Sutra of the Questions by Druma, King of the Kinnara (Daiju kinnara-ō shomon-gyō), translated into Chinese by Kumārajīva in the early fifth century. This sutra is unique in that it proposes a powerful, and sympathetic, philosophy of music rooted in the Mahayana doctrines of emptiness; it also offers a template for Buddhist rituals involving music and dance that have been performed in Japan since the eighth century as part of the Gagaku and Bugaku repertory.

The Open Buddhist University

The Open Buddhist University 4d ago

📰 Gagaku and Buddhist Salvation in Medieval Japan (A free, 27-page article from 2021)

Tags: #Gagaku #JapaneseBuddhism #Buddhastatue
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/dharma-of-music_rambelli-fabio

The Dharma of Music: Gagaku and Buddhist Salvation in Medieval Japan

The article outlines some of the ways in which professional musicians and music virtuosos among the aristocracy conceptualized gagaku and bugaku instrumental music in Buddhist terms between the eleventh and the sixteenth centuries. In addition to providing doctrinal justifications for artistic endeavors, they also contributed to the development of new ritual forms, such as bugaku hōyō and kangen kōshiki. This article explores influential Buddhist canonical ideas about music and shows how they were developed by musicians in medieval Japan.

The Open Buddhist University

BC BY-NC-SA Jan 21

Warui Musuko – Hikikomori
#Experimental #avantgarde #droneambient #electropop #gagaku #japanese #noiserock #Japan
CC BY-NC-SA (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike) #ccmusic
https://waruimusuko.bandcamp.com/album/hikikomori-2

Hikikomori, by Warui Musuko

8 track album

Warui Musuko

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Dec 25

Here is #gagaku/#newage artist #HidekiTōgi of #Japan.

https://youtu.be/C6xr7l876rQ
https://youtu.be/Skywg_bGFfQ
https://youtu.be/br-MgpEmbDA
https://youtu.be/EwA-9RODzqo
#LunchtimeListens #WorldMusic

HuffPost Japan - Athena2 Dec 25

雅楽で奏でる「最高のクリスマスプレゼント」。雅楽師・東儀秀樹の『アヴェマリア』が「心に沁みる」と話題
https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_694c93c3e4b00ac998b3a154

#huffingtonpost #LIFE #ネットエンタメ #雅楽 #東儀秀樹 #nettoentame #gagaku #tokihideki

雅楽で奏でる「最高のクリスマスプレゼント」。雅楽師・東儀秀樹の『アヴェマリア』が「心に沁みる」と話題

笙と篳篥で表現された“祈りの旋律”が反響を呼んでいます。

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Barbarella D'Acevedo Nov 6

𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰 𝘑𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯é𝘴

📚 🎌 Disponible en el siguiente enlace (en la bio):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK418R2S

🎏 Un recorrido por las artes teatrales niponas desde la antigüedad al presente: abarca el nacimiento mítico del teatro, y sus diversas manifestaciones: kagura, gigaku, bugaku —gagaku—, sangaku y sarugaku, entre otros antecedentes del sofisticado teatro nō, que explora también, para luego recrearse en el kabuki, y el teatro de títeres jōruri o bunraku, hasta llegar a tendencias propias de la modernidad —y postmodernidad—, como shimpa, shingeki, angura, la compañía de revista Takarazuka, la danza butō y el teatro contemporáneo.

✒️@barbarelladacevedo
🖌️Ilustraciones, diseño y maquetación: @erickeimil

teatrojaponés #japanesetheatre #kabuki #noh #takarazuka
#FeriaInternacionaldelLibrodeLaHabana #Fil2025 #Japón🇯🇵 #teatro #teatroasiatico #kagura #gigaku #gagaku #bugaku #sangaku #sarugaku #dengaku #teatronoh #kabuki #bunraku #shimpa #shingeki #angura #takarazukarevue #butoh

42GB 🪫Oct 16

WaqWaq Kingdom - Hot Pot Totto

"Acclaimed Japan “minyo footwork” duo WaqWaq Kingdom - aka Shigeru Ishihara (DJ Scotch Egg / Seefeel) and Kiki Hitomi (ex-King Midas Sound) - return with feverishly joyous new album Hot Pot Totto, a bubbling hot pot of dance music that responds to ecological anxiety."

https://waqwaqkingdom.bandcamp.com/album/hot-pot-totto

Fav track: The Tower

#listeningNow #music #bass #electronic #japan #chiptune #dance #dub #footwork #gagaku #minyo #psychedelic

Hot Pot Totto, by WaqWaq Kingdom

11 track album

WaqWaq Kingdom

Gleanings in Buddha Fields Sep 26, 2025

Gagaku Music

”Gagaku music still lives on in Japan in traditional theater, and some religious services. It also makes a nice cover for Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven, too" #Japan #Gagaku #Music #HeianPeriod

http://100poets.com/2025/09/26/gagaku-music/

Gagaku Music

”Gagaku music still lives on in Japan in traditional theater, and some religious services. It also makes a nice cover for Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven, too” #Japan #Gagaku #Music #…

The Hyakunin Isshu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXtez8HyUS8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Fmz0mjBUQ

Ladies of the mikados court performing the butterfly dance J. M. W. Silver

African Paper Mar 11, 2025

http://africanpaper.com/2025/03/11/sans-soleil-puce-moment-interpretieren-gagaku/
#sanssoleil #pucemoment #gagaku #electroacoustic #gagakumusicsociety #tenri #shō #ryūteki #hichiriki #andmuchmore #parenthèsesrecords

African Paper | Sans Soleil: Puce Moment interpretieren Gagaku

Am 21. März 2025 erscheint das neue Album "Sans Soleil" des Duos Puce Moment bei Parenthèses Records. Pénélope Michel und Nicolas Devos, die beiden Köpfe hinter dem oftmals interdisziplinär ausgerichteten Projekt, verweben darauf traditionelle japanische Gagaku-Klänge mit Stimmeinsatz sowie elektroakustischen und elektronischen Elementen inklusive eines Theremin zu einem hypnotischen Ganzen von starker filmischer Intensität. ...

African Paper