Shinto music
Template:Short description Template:Shinto Shinto music is the ceremonial and festive music of Template:Nihongo, the indigenous religion of Japan. Its origin myth is the erotic dance of Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto which lured Amaterasu from her cave.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Kagura
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Template:Nihongo or 'entertainment of the gods' includes music, dance and poetry and comprises mi-kagura of the court, o-kagura of major shrines such as Ise Jingū, and village sato-kagura.<ref name="Malm">Template:Cite book</ref>
Forms
The repertoire includes eight forms that may be traced back to the eighth century: kagura-uta (kagura songs), azuma asobi (eastern entertainment), kume-uta (palace guard songs) ō-uta (big songs), onaibi-uta (night duty songs), ruika (funeral songs), ta-uta (field songs), and yamato-uta (Yamato songs).<ref name="Malm"/>
Instruments
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