About Rōkyoku
Rōkyoku is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of vocal music and Japanese folk music.
From Wikipedia
Rōkyoku (浪曲; also historically called naniwa-bushi, 浪花節) is a genre of traditional Japanese narrative singing. This genre is performed by a singer accompanied by a shamisen, rōkyoku became very popular in Japan during the first half of the 20th century.
In modern Japanese slang, naniwabushi is sometimes used to mean "a sob story", since the songs were often about sad subjects. The stories were commonly about folktales and myths with themes of loyalty and human emotion. It shares roots with older narratives such as jōruri, sekkyō-bushi and kowaka emerged alongside kōdan and rakugo as dominant narrative arts during its peak popularity.
Genre family tree
Parent genres (↑) and subgenres (↓) of Rōkyoku.
- ↑ vocal music
- ↑ Japanese folk music
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Frequently asked questions
What is Rōkyoku?
Rōkyoku is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of vocal music and Japanese folk music.