The rise of Japanese Music

Abstract

The term Music (hŌgaku or Nihon ongaku) is today used both in and out of Japan to refer to what is usually treated as a body of with definable and unique characteristics. These attributes, in turn, are generally thought to relate closely to geographical, psychological, spiritual, or other supra-historical traits of the Japanese land and people. This paper seeks to trace the emergence and growth of the idea of music and to demonstrate that the rise of this concept has depended not on eternal structures or immutable core values but rather on the specific historical development of Japanese economics, politics, and culture. It is this historical process that has provided both the conditions and the motivating force for the appearance and development of concept of music.

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