• Japanese Esoteric Buddhism: Shingon Shōmyō, Ethnomusicology 26 (1), 27-39 What Appears Through Chanting: Tendai Shomyo Ryokyoku http://jtrad.columbia.jp/eng/s_tendai...
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    phrasing, usually performed by a male chorus. Shōmyō came from India, and it began in Japan in the Nara period. Shōmyō is sung a capella by one or more Buddhist...
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    (now Inomiya-chō, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka). Shōmyō is his true name (also "Jyōmin"), Nampo is his Dharma name. Nanpo Shōmyō grew up and studied at his hometown's...
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    Shōmyō Falls (称名滝, Shōmyō-daki) are located in the town of Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Shōmyō-daki is the highest waterfall in Japan at 350 m...
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    Midagahara plateau melts, so its neighbor, Shōmyō Falls, is usually considered the tallest. Hannoki and Shōmyō falls are twin waterfalls that almost face...
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    gagaku performances. Shōmyō (声明, Buddhist chanting): While biwa was not used in shōmyō, the style of biwa singing is closely tied to shōmyō, especially mōsō-...
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    Song, Chán was also transmitted to Japan by figures Myōan Eisai and Nanpo Shōmyō who studied in China. It also exerted a great influence on Korean Seon via...
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    waterfalls with multiple drops are Hannoki Falls, at 497 m (seasonal), and Shōmyō Falls, at 350 m (year round). There are two rocks at the top of the falls...
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  • scales commonly used in Japanese folk music, excluding gagaku and Buddhist shōmyō. The in scale, which contains minor notes, is used specifically in music...
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  • (including the folk music of these countries) Traditional Japanese court music Shōmyō chanting Andean music Afro-Caribbean music Polish highlanders from the Tatra...
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  • (1185–1269) was a Chinese Chan-monk who gave dharma-transmission to Nanpo Shōmyō (1235–1308), the founder of the Japanese Rinza-Zen Ōtōkan-lineage. His style...
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  • Rinzai school of Zen (a form of Japanese Buddhism). It was founded by Nanpo Shōmyō (1235–1308), who received dharma-transmission in China in 1265 from Xutang...
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  • within it. Buddhist music prominently includes Honkyoku, Buddhist chant, and Shomyo. Honkyoku are the pieces of shakuhachiyoku for enlightenment and alms as...
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  • Tōgaku (唐楽) A Korean and Manchurian form, called komagaku (高麗楽) Gagaku, like shōmyō, employs the yo scale, a pentatonic scale with ascending intervals of two...
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  • scales without semitones -- used in a type of Japanese Buddhist chant called shōmyō. The ritsu scale is built up by intervals of major second, minor third,...
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    Chan Buddhism, which is known in Japan as Rinzai. Decades later, Nanpo Shōmyō (南浦紹明) (1235–1308), who also studied Linji teachings in China, founded the...
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  • Tenjin Shrine, Jōkōmyō-ji, Asaina Pass, Ruins of Tōshō-ji, Nagoshi Pass, Shōmyō-ji, Wakae Island Hikone-jō Shiga Prefecture 374 (1992) i, ii, iii, iv Hikone...
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    "Tendai Shōmyō" (天台声明), the musical tradition of the Tendai school of Buddhism, as a sutra and for reviving and systematizing it as "Ōhara Shōmyō" (大原魚山声明)...
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    7 billion in 2017. The oldest forms of traditional Japanese music are: shōmyō (声明 or 聲明), or Buddhist chanting gagaku (雅楽), or orchestral court music...
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    Spiritual Sight II for gagaku, reigaku, shomyo and cello (2001) Encounter for cello, ancient instruments, gagaku and shomyo (2002) Space Line for viol consort...
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    Newari Buddhist Gunlā Bājan, Tibetan Buddhist music, Japanese Buddhist Shōmyō, modern Indian Buddhist bhajans, and Cambodian Smot chanting. As there are...
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    Route bus (about 40 minutes) that goes in the direction of Murodō Station. Shōmyō Falls (the tallest waterfall in Japan) is visible across the valley while...
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  • Coban Baung Falls Coban Pelangi Falls Hannoki Falls Kegon Falls Nachi Falls Shōmyō Falls Maletsunyane Falls Basaseachic Falls Piedra Volada Ulaan Tsutgalan...
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    is a pentatonic scale used in much Japanese music including gagaku and shomyo. It is similar to the Dorian, but does not contain minor notes. The yo scale...
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    Newari Buddhist Gunlā Bājan, Tibetan Buddhist music, Japanese Buddhist Shōmyō, modern Indian Buddhist bhajans, and Cambodian Smot chanting. As there are...
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    were the music of the court (Gagaku) and the music of Buddhist rituals (shōmyō). The music of the Nara period can be classified as belonging to the first...
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    ticket can be exchanged for green tea and some light snacks. Sanzen-in Shōmyō Suikinkutsu "Hōsen-in". Discover Kyoto. Retrieved 2023-02-02. Official website...
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    poetry, and three poets were influential to his literary growth. His mentor Shōmyō (1112-1187) was of the Rokujō school, which did not receive much recognition...
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    May 1301 and was succeeded by his son Hōjō Sadaaki. Akitoki's grave is in Shōmyō-ji [ja] in Kanagawa. He is said to have had a love of learning, like his...
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    specializes in bunraku, Japanese music, smaller buyō productions, gagaku, shōmyō, and folk theatre. In a separate building, the Engei Hall stages rakugo...
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