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), refers to an extinct genre of masked drama-dance performance, imported into Japan during the Asuka period.

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