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History of Japanese music
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/MUSIC.HTM

Brief history of Japanese music:
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2113.html

History of Traditional Japanese music,
its varied categories explained, instruments profiled and streaming Japanese audio samples:
http://jtrad.columbia.jp/eng/index.html

In-depth information on Japanese culture, music and lifestyle:
http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/culture/japanese_music.html

Read about Japanese music, culture and instruments:
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/m/mu/music_of_japan.htm

Get up-to-date information on the popular Japanese flute
and its uses around the world:
http://www.shakuhachi.com/TOC-Articles.html

Introduction to Japanese music:
http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/japan/japmusic.html

Japanese musical instrumentation
from as far back as the Yayoi period:
http://mcel.pacificu.edu/MCEL/Barlow/Sp2K/H112/Music/music2/index.html

Japanese instruments
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/koto/music.html

Gagaku
Japanese court music and dance has a domain all of its own:
http://www.gagaku.net/index.ENG.html

 

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