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  "name": "Japanese Folk Music",
  "description": "Folk traditions of Japan.",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/japanese-folk-music/",
  "parent": "East Asian Folk Music",
  "level": "sub-3",
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      "name": "Heikyoku",
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      "name": "Heikyoku",
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      "name": "Heikyoku",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Kagura",
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      "description": "Performed at Shinto shrines for ceremonies and rituals.",
      "level": "sub-4",
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    },
    {
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      "description": "Performed at Shinto shrines for ceremonies and rituals.",
      "level": "sub-5",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kagura",
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      "description": "Performed at Shinto shrines for ceremonies and rituals.",
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      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kagura",
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      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kouta",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kouta/",
      "description": "Kouta, which literally means \"little\" or \"short\" song, is one type of the many varieties of Japanese folk songs that is distinguished by its briefness and wittiness.",
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    {
      "name": "Kouta",
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      "description": "Kouta, which literally means \"little\" or \"short\" song, is one type of the many varieties of Japanese folk songs that is distinguished by its briefness and wittiness.",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Kouta",
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      "description": "Kouta, which literally means \"little\" or \"short\" song, is one type of the many varieties of Japanese folk songs that is distinguished by its briefness and wittiness.",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Kouta",
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      "description": "Kouta, which literally means \"little\" or \"short\" song, is one type of the many varieties of Japanese folk songs that is distinguished by its briefness and wittiness.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Min'yō",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/minyo/",
      "description": "Form of Japanese Folk Music which literally translates to \"folk song\".",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Min'yō",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/minyo/",
      "description": "Form of Japanese Folk Music which literally translates to \"folk song\".",
      "level": "sub-5",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Min'yō",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/minyo/",
      "description": "Form of Japanese Folk Music which literally translates to \"folk song\".",
      "level": "sub-5",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Min'yō",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/minyo/",
      "description": "Form of Japanese Folk Music which literally translates to \"folk song\".",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ondō",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ondo/",
      "description": "Originally referred to the type of call-and-response form of Gagaku, but later became to be known for and distinguished by a swung 2/2 rhythm and storytelling.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ondō",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ondo/",
      "description": "Originally referred to the type of call-and-response form of Gagaku, but later became to be known for and distinguished by a swung 2/2 rhythm and storytelling.",
      "level": "sub-5",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ondō",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ondo/",
      "description": "Originally referred to the type of call-and-response form of Gagaku, but later became to be known for and distinguished by a swung 2/2 rhythm and storytelling.",
      "level": "sub-5",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ondō",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ondo/",
      "description": "Originally referred to the type of call-and-response form of Gagaku, but later became to be known for and distinguished by a swung 2/2 rhythm and storytelling.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rōkyoku",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/rokyoku/",
      "description": "Storytelling usually accompanied by a shamisen.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rōkyoku",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/rokyoku/",
      "description": "Storytelling usually accompanied by a shamisen.",
      "level": "sub-5",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rōkyoku",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/rokyoku/",
      "description": "Storytelling usually accompanied by a shamisen.",
      "level": "sub-5",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rōkyoku",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/rokyoku/",
      "description": "Storytelling usually accompanied by a shamisen.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Taiko",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/taiko/",
      "description": "Modern style of ensemble drumming, sometimes called kumi-daiko.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Taiko",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/taiko/",
      "description": "Modern style of ensemble drumming, sometimes called kumi-daiko.",
      "level": "sub-5",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Taiko",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/taiko/",
      "description": "Modern style of ensemble drumming, sometimes called kumi-daiko.",
      "level": "sub-5",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Taiko",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/taiko/",
      "description": "Modern style of ensemble drumming, sometimes called kumi-daiko.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tsugaru shamisen",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tsugaru-shamisen/",
      "description": "Shamisen playing originating in the Tsugaru Peninsula of Aomori prefecture, recognizable in its percussive quality and special, slightly larger instrument.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tsugaru shamisen",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tsugaru-shamisen/",
      "description": "Shamisen playing originating in the Tsugaru Peninsula of Aomori prefecture, recognizable in its percussive quality and special, slightly larger instrument.",
      "level": "sub-5",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tsugaru shamisen",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tsugaru-shamisen/",
      "description": "Shamisen playing originating in the Tsugaru Peninsula of Aomori prefecture, recognizable in its percussive quality and special, slightly larger instrument.",
      "level": "sub-5",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tsugaru shamisen",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tsugaru-shamisen/",
      "description": "Shamisen playing originating in the Tsugaru Peninsula of Aomori prefecture, recognizable in its percussive quality and special, slightly larger instrument.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Japanese Folk Music"
    }
  ]
}