accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.)

festival music

to play accompaniment ②to cheer ③to jeer

five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)

on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play ②shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage

(noh) musician

tanuki drumming on their stomachs

to spread (e.g. a rumor) ②to sing the praises of

orchestra present at Japanese festival

type of informal noh musical performance

short noh piece with three seated performers

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