Japanese style of music
 is a type of music used in kabuki theatre performances in Japan.
Originally derived from the Portuguese word , meaning a stretchy material (and still used today to refer to knitted garments), came to denote a form of theatrical music which expanded and contracted in order to fit the events unfolding on stage. Played on the , interludes are generally called for to accompany sections of dialogue. As a result, they are usually instrumental solos, rather than songs. Despite this, the genre is still classified as a subset of ("long song") music.
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