Ming and Qing-era Chinese music popularized in Japan
Refers to a genre of Chinese music from the Ming and Qing dynasties that was introduced and popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese War. The term encompasses both 明楽 (Ming music) and 清楽 (Qing music).
Ming and Qing-era Chinese music was popular in Japan from the late Edo period to the early Meiji era.
He is known as a researcher of Ming and Qing-era Chinese music.