| Also known as 'Kuregaku,' (literally means the performance of Wu) or 'Kureno Utamai' (the music and dance of Wu), it was a singing and dancing brought from state of Wu located in Southern China within the cultural sphere of Buddhism. |
伎楽は「呉楽（くれがく）」「伎楽?（くれのうたまい）」ともいわれるように、中国南部の仏教文化圏であった呉国に由来する楽舞であった。 |