ritual; ceremony

royal court (residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary)

(music) gagaku (the ancient court ritual classical music of Japan, of Chinese and Korean origin)

(archaic) antique, old-fashioned / (colloquial) ancient

ancient times, antiquity, remote ages

music

Japan

(archaic) Japan

Short for 日本国 (Nihon-koku): Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia) / a surname

(history, government, music) a 律令 (ritsuryō) department under the 治部省 (Jibushō, “Ministry of Ceremonies”), responsible for court musical activities