天竺楽

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	竺	楽
てん Grade: 1	じく Jinmeiyō	がく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
天竺樂 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 天竺 (Tenjiku, “India”) +‎ 楽 (gaku, “music”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんじくがく [tèńjíkúꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑikɯ̟ɡa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

天(てん)竺(じく)楽(がく) • (tenjikugaku) 

1. Those pieces of music within the gagaku genre that purportedly originated in India.

   Previously viewed as the same as 林(りん)邑(ゆう)楽(がく) (Rin'yūgaku), with differing theories about specific pieces. Some of the gagaku titles included in this category are:

   • 抜頭(ばとう) (Batō)
   • 陪臚(ばいろ) (Bairo)
   • 胡飲酒(こんじゅ) (Konju)
   • 迦陵頻(かりょうびん) (Karyōbin)
   • 陵王(りょうおう) (Ryōō)
   • 玉樹(ぎょくじゅ)後庭(こうてい)花(か) (Gyokuju Kōtei Ka)
   • 安摩(あま) (Ama)
   • 扶南(ふなん) (Funan)
   • 河南浦(かなんぶ) (Kananbu)