平へい曲きょく

noun

chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment

A traditional Japanese narrative music genre in which the Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike) is chanted with biwa (lute) accompaniment. Also referred to as Heike biwa.

• 平へい曲きょくは、琵び琶わの伴ばん奏そうに合あわせて平へい家け物もの語がたりを語かたる伝でん統とう芸げい能のうです。

  Heikyoku is a traditional performing art in which the Tale of the Heike is chanted to biwa accompaniment.