|  Also 
	  called gakuya 楽屋 or gakudokoro 楽所. A small, simple, open building, 
	  like a roofed platform at some shrines, where musicians performed music 
	  called gagaku 雅楽. Gagaku music was sung at the Kyoto Imperial 
	  Palace, Kyoto Gosho 京都御所 in the medieval period, 12c-15c. However, it is believed to have 
	  started in the mid-10c and continued in popularity until the latter part 
	  of the Meiji period (1870). Two buildings for gagaku exist at Kibitsu 
	  Jinja 吉備津神社 in Hiroshima prefecture. These buildings date from the 17c. 
	  Another extant example is the west stage at Kamiomiya Jinja 賀茂御祖神社 (1628) 
	  in, Kyoto.  |