舞ぶ楽がく

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Meanings

bugaku; court dance and music

Refers to a traditional Japanese performing art combining dance and music, historically performed at the imperial court and Shinto shrines. The term is often used in historical and cultural contexts.

舞ぶ楽がくは雅が楽がくの一いち部ぶとして宮きゅう中ちゅうで演えんじられてきた。
Bugaku has been performed at the imperial court as part of gagaku.
神じん社じゃの祭さい礼れいで舞ぶ楽がくが奉ほう納のうされた。
Bugaku was dedicated at the shrine festival.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉で舞ぶ楽がくを奉ほう納のうするto offer a bugaku performance (to the gods) at a place
神じん社じゃの祭まつりで舞ぶ楽がくが奉ほう納のうされた。
Bugaku was performed as an offering at the shrine festival.
舞ぶ楽がくを演えんじるto perform a bugaku dance
宮く内ない庁ちょうの楽がく師したちが舞ぶ楽がくを演えんじた。
Musicians from the Imperial Household Agency performed bugaku.

Kanji

舞dance, flit, circle
楽music, comfort, ease

Related words

雅が楽がく
雅楽 is the whole tradition of Japanese court music including purely instrumental and vocal pieces, while 舞楽 refers specifically to the danced pieces performed to that music.
神楽かぐら
舞楽 is court music and dance of continental origin performed for the aristocracy, while 神楽 is native Shinto ritual performance offered to the kami.

Don't confuse with

神楽かぐら
神楽 is Shinto ritual dance performed to entertain or please the gods at shrine festivals, whereas 舞楽 is the more formal court-derived dance tradition, historically tied to the imperial court as much as to shrines.

Word family

舞ぶ楽がく面めん
bugaku mask

Etymology

Composed of 舞 (dance) and 楽 (music). The term originated in the Nara period (710–794) when dance and music traditions were imported from China and Korea and later developed into a distinct Japanese court art.