Taiko had an important role in those art forms as an accompaniment, and were gradually diversified to various sizes and shapes. A famous Kabuki play emerged and quickly became popular in the Edo era (1603-1867) as well as Nagauta.
For example, a Noh play was created in the Muromachi era (1336-1573). Many original art forms were born under the feudal Japan, unleashed from the Chinese and Korean cultural influence. The style is said to be one of the roots of taiko music we know today.Īfter the samurai class gained power since the Kamakura era started in 1192, a new cultural movement of ethnic Japanese started to appear. Various kinds of taikos such as San-no-tsuzumi, Furi-tsuzumi, Dadaiko, Tsuri-daiko, Ninai-daiko, Kakko, Kaiko, and ikko are used in the court music.
The department has been inherited directly till now, honored as the Important Intangible Cultural Asset. When the Taiho Ritsuryo, the oldest constitution of Japan, was enacted in 702, a department of the imperial court music was established in the Imperial Palace. The continental music came to Japan around 5th - 6th century along with the waves of Chinese and Korean cultural influence based on Buddhism. However, the percussion they used is guessed to be quite different from the one used today.īy the fact that taiko we use today resembles those in China and Korea, the ancienttaiko was probably introduced to Japan from the Asian Continent as far as India. According to some archeological and anthropological researches, ancient people in the Jyomon era already used drums as a communication tool or an instrument for religious rituals. As percussion instruments are generally the most primitive instrument in any society, the taiko existed and was used in the ancient Japan over 2000 years ago.
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