Word Meaning 囃子方

はやしかた hayashikata

囃子方 is read as はやしかた (hayashikata) and means musical accompanist (in noh, kabuki, etc.).

Meaning

English

musical accompanist (in noh, kabuki, etc.)
background instruments

Reading

Kana

はやしかた

Romaji

hayashikata

Writing Variants

はやし方 はやしかた hayashikata
噺子方 はやしかた hayashikata

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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囃子

はやし

accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.)

五人囃子

ごにんばやし

five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)

出囃子

でばやし

on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play

馬鹿囃子

ばかばやし

orchestra present at Japanese festival

舞囃子

まいばやし

type of informal noh musical performance

居囃子

いばやし

short noh piece with three seated performers

祭囃子

まつりばやし

festival music

狸囃子

たぬきばやし

tanuki drumming on their stomachs

四方

しほう

four sides (of a square)

彼方

かなた

beyond

東方

とうほう

eastern direction

西方

せいほう

Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)