Nagauta (長唄, literally "long song") is a kind of traditional Japanese music played on the shamisen and used in kabuki theater, primarily to accompany...

in nagauta, the shorter and thinner neck facilitating the agile and virtuosic requirements of kabuki. Hosozao shamisen built especially for nagauta ensembles...

Shosa-ongaku includes the takemoto, nagauta, tokiwazu and kiyomoto music styles. takemoto accompanies acting. Nagauta, taena mo and kiyomoto accompany dancing...

The Nagauta Symphony is a symphony in one movement composed in 1934 by Japanese composer Kōsaku Yamada. Kosaku Yamada was the first major Japanese composer...

cords or rope, but bolt or turnbuckle systems have been used as well. Nagauta shime-daiko (長唄締め太鼓), sometimes referred to as "taiko" in the context of...

red-light districts. Originally popularised by geisha as an alternative to nagauta ('long songs'), kouta are typically no longer than 3 minutes in length...

has a high-pitched sound[citation needed]. It is found in hayashi and nagauta ensembles, and plays important roles in noh and kabuki theatre music.[citation...

jiuta is also called Houshiuta (法師唄, 'song of monks'). Jiuta, as well as nagauta, is a typical form of Utaimono (歌いもの, lyrical music) in traditional Japanese...

"堅田喜三久氏が死去　長唄鳴物の人間国宝" [Katada Kisaku has died, a Living National Treasure of Nagauta]. The Nikkei (in Japanese). 19 December 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2022. "人間国宝...

music. Kakegoe are used in traditional music ensembles, such as Hayashi, Nagauta, Taiko, and Tsugaru-jamisen. They are used to cue different parts of a...