Gigaku (伎楽), also known as kure-gaku (呉楽), refers to an extinct genre of masked drama-dance performance, imported into Japan during the Asuka period. Records...

Menreiki (面霊気) is a type of monster in Japanese folklore, composed of Gigaku masks. It is listed within the 1781 compendium of Japanese supernatural entities...

character masks worn by performers of the ancient Japanese courtly dance art of gigaku. The flaming nimbus or halo is known by the name "karura flame" and typically...

Possessed scrolls or papers Menreiki – A spiritual creature formed out of 66 gigaku masks Minowaraji- An animated mino straw coat Morinji-no-kama – A possessed...

emperors Yao and Shun, sometimes associated with four cardinal mountains Gigaku: article mentioning the character from Kunlun List of mythological Chinese...

claimed he had written an estimated 8,000–9,000 gagaku poems. Aak Etenraku Gigaku Kagura Nhã nhạc Yayue Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Kenkyusha...

Genres and styles Bugaku Bushi Dainichido Bugaku Danmono Gagaku Gigaku Jōruri Kouta Min'yō Nagauta Rōkyoku Saimon Ondo [ja] Komori-uta (lullaby) Warabe...

Genres and styles Bugaku Bushi Dainichido Bugaku Danmono Gagaku Gigaku Jōruri Kouta Min'yō Nagauta Rōkyoku Saimon Ondo [ja] Komori-uta (lullaby) Warabe...

courtyard in The Tale of the Heike. Menreiki A tsukumogami composed of gigaku masks. Miage-nyūdō A type of mikoshi-nyūdō from Sado Island that grows taller...

Genres and styles Bugaku Bushi Dainichido Bugaku Danmono Gagaku Gigaku Jōruri Kouta Min'yō Nagauta Rōkyoku Saimon Ondo [ja] Komori-uta (lullaby) Warabe...