World Music or Japanese - The Gagaku of Tôgi Hideki Author(s): Terence Lancashire Reviewed work(s): Source: Popular Music, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Jan., 2003), pp. 21-39 Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/853554 . Accessed: 29/05/2012 21:52 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Cambridge University Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Popular Music. http://www.jstor.org Popular Music (2003)Volume 22/1. CopyrightC) 2003 CambridgeUniversity Press, pp. 21-39. DOI:10.1017/S0261143003003027Printed in the United Kingdom World music or Japanese - the gagaku of T8gi Hideki TERENCE LANCASHIRE Abstract The term 'world music' usually conjures up images of musics from 'remote' corners of the world. However, that remoteness is not always geographicaland can, for example, be chronological.Togi Hideki, a former musician from the Imperial court in Japan, has sought to introduce court music - gagaku - to a wider audience through the reworkingof traditionalgagaku pieces and new compo- sitions for gagaku instruments. Gagaku boasts a history of over 1,200 years and its esoteric nature inhibits popular interest. Togi Hideki's popularised gagaku, on the other hand, has found a new audiencefor gagaku, and his music serves as a bridge introducing Japaneseback to a remotepart of Japanesemusical culture.