Gigaku

For the genre of Japanese court music, see Gagaku. For the style of gagaku adopted from Tang-dynasty China, see Tōgaku.

Gigaku (伎楽), also known as kure-gaku (呉楽),[1] refers to an extinct genre of masked drama-dance performance, imported into Japan during the Asuka period.

  1. ^ Shinchosha 1985, p.357-8, on gigaku men (mask)