Gagaku Playlist

Gagaku — Gagaku is a traditional Japanese performing art comprising court music, song, and dance.

🔒 The top 10 are this genre's must-play anthems — the biggest hits no DJ leaves out — so they stay pinned. Tap 🔀 and everything from #11 down refreshes into a fresh mix (from a pool of 110).

1. Hyōjō Netori — Nippon Gagaku Kai
2. Chidori No Kyoku — Satomi Saeki And Alcvin Takegawa Ramos
3. Aki No Koto No Ha — Satomi Saeki And Alcvin Takegawa Ramos
4. Ogi no Mato (voice, biwa) — Nonesuch Explorer Series
5. Ozatsuma (shamisen) — Nonesuch Explorer Series
6. Bairo — Nippon Gagaku Kai
7. Etenraku In Hyojo — Nippon Gagaku Kai
8. Mushi no Aikata (shamisen) — Nonesuch Explorer Series
9. Godanginuta (2 kotos) — Nonesuch Explorer Series
10. In Bloom — The Tokyo Gagaku Ensemble
11. Etenraku — Tokyo Gakuso
12. Ranryo-O — Tokyo Gakuso
13. Kitoku Kyu — Tokyo Gakuso
14. After the Rain — The Tokyo Gagaku Ensemble
15. Butokuraku — Tokyo Gakuso
16. Itotake — The Tokyo Gagaku Ensemble
17. Early Spring — The Tokyo Gagaku Ensemble
18. Sagano — Satomi Saeki And Alcvin Takegawa Ramos
19. Fuyu Momiji — Satomi Saeki And Alcvin Takegawa Ramos
20. Sahō Taiheiraku (Kyū) — Nippon Gagaku Kai
21. Aoi tori — Fumie Hihara
22. Subaru, Op. 78: No. 7, The Sun — Nanae Yoshimura
23. Sakura — Fumie Hihara
24. Nasori No Kyu — Hideki Togi
25. Haru no umi — Fumie Hihara
26. Haru no kyoku (tegoto) “Ode to Spring” — Satomi Saeki
27. Hiyaku — Fumie Hihara
28. Miyako Odori — Japanese Shamisen Jiuta Ensemble
29. Kurokami — Japanese Shamisen Jiuta Ensemble
30. Hachinoe Kouta — Shogetsu Watanabe
31. Shamisen Concerto (Arr. T. Tamura): III. — [Live] — 杵家七三
32. DAIBYOUSHI — Kei Oguchi
33. El Camino del Samurai — Angel
34. Soran-bushi — Shogetsu Watanabe
35. Saika “Accented Flower” — Satomi Saeki
36. Sansa Shigure — Shogetsu Watanabe
37. Akita Ohako — Shogetsu Watanabe
38. Hyojo No Netori — Hideki Togi
39. Keshi No Hana — Japanese Shamisen Jiuta Ensemble
40. Zangetsu — Japanese Shamisen Jiuta Ensemble
41. Shomyo (Monk's Chant) — Herbie Mann
42. Rokudan — Zumi-Kai
43. Songs of Saitara (Saitara Zinku) / Songs of Toshima (Toshima Zinku) — Group from Miyagi
44. Autumn Sorrow — Hideo Osaka Ensemble
45. Shockikubai (Koto) — Koto Ensemble Of The Ikuta School, Japan
46. Dance Songs at Bon in Hokkaido — Group from Hokkaido
47. Kojo-No-Tsuki — Yo-Yo Ma
48. Samurai Song — Hideo Osaka Ensemble
49. Godan-ginuta — Nanae Yoshimura
50. Songs of Kusatsu the Hot Spring — Group from Kusatsu
51. Tsugaru Jongara-bushi — Hiromitsu Agatsuma
52. Song of Picking Safflowers — Group from Yamagata
53. Kyo No Warabeuta — Master Musicians Of The Ikuta School
54. Aki No Kyoku (Yoshizawa) — Master Musicians Of The Ikuta School
55. Etenraku — Hideki Togi
56. Oedo Nihonbashi — Master Musicians Of The Ikuta School
57. Manzairaku — Kyoto Imperial Court Music Orchestra
58. Irite — Kyoto Imperial Court Music Orchestra
59. Songs of Shigesa (Shigesa Bushi) — Woman from Oki Island
60. Midare — Nanae Yoshimura
61. Oiwake Songs (Ezashi Oiwake) — Group from Hokkaido
62. Goshoraku No Kyu — The Imperial Court Ensemble
63. Futatsu No Den-En-Shi (2 Pastorals): No. 1. — — Yamato Ensemble
64. The Song of Rice Husking — Group from Yamagata
65. Bon Song of Chichibu (Chichibu Ondo) — Group from Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture
66. Coal Miner's Songs of Joban — Group from Joban
67. Soran Songs (Soran Bushi) — Group from Hokkaido
68. Jisei — Hideki Togi
69. Akita Nitaka Bushi — Sanae Yabumuki
70. Songs of Sawauchi (Sawauchi Zinku) — Group from Sawauchi, Iwate Prefecture
71. Songs of Kiso (Kiso Bushi) — Group from Kiso
72. Hassen — Kyoto Imperial Court Music Orchestra
73. Nasori — Kyoto Imperial Court Music Orchestra
74. Tsugaru Sansagari — Hiromitsu Agatsuma
75. Etenraku — Herbie Mann & Ono Gagaku Society
76. Shika no Tone (Shakuhachi) — Goro Yamaguchi & Takeo Yamato
77. Songs of Sado Isle (Sado Okesa) — Group from Sado Island
78. Song of Yagi-shuku (Yagi Bushi) — Male singer with traditional musicians
79. Shirable (Melody): I. Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) — Aiko Hasegawa
80. Yachiyo Jishi ( Fujinaga) — Master Musicians Of The Ikuta School
81. The Hack-Driver's Song of Hakone — Male singer with flute and bells
82. Haru-No-Kyoku — Zumi-Kai
83. Godan-Kinuta — Zumi-Kai
84. Dance Song at Nikko — Group from NIkko
85. Hokkai-Bayashi — Nihon Daiko
86. Harukaze Ga Soyosoyo To — Kogiku Yanagiya
87. Dodoitsu "Tomete Yokatta""Kasao Kaunara" — Kogiku Yanagiya
88. Ute Ya Tsudzumi — Michio Miyagi
89. 水面 — 沢井忠夫
90. Entenraku, Nokorigaku Sanben — The Imperial Court Ensemble
91. 三つのパラフレーズ　第一章　組歌による — 沢井忠夫
92. Songs of Ina (Ina Bushi) — Woman from Ina
93. Haru No Umi — Jean-Pierre Rampal
94. Tankai Bushi — Kogiku Yanagiya
95. Zangetsu — Nanae Yoshimura
96. Keibairaku No Kyu (Taishiki-Cho) — Imperial Court Ensemble
97. Jussuiraku — The Imperial Court Ensemble
98. Yukage No Uta (a Ballade in the Twilight) — Yamato Ensemble
99. O-Daiko — Nihon Daiko
100. Shukosho — The Imperial Court Ensemble

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