散さん楽がく

noun

sangaku; ancient Chinese-style entertainment

Historical term for a form of entertainment imported from China during the Nara period, featuring acrobatics, juggling, and other circus-like acts. Later influenced the development of 猿楽 (sarugaku).

See also: 猿楽

• 散さん楽がくは奈な良ら時じ代だいに中ちゅう国ごくから日本にほんに伝つたわった芸げい能のうである。

  Sangaku is a performing art that was introduced to Japan from China during the Nara period.

• 散さん楽がくの曲きょく芸げいは、後のちの猿さる楽がくや能のう楽がくに影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

  The acrobatics of sangaku influenced later sarugaku and noh theater.