Gagaku (雅楽, n’asekyerɛ ara nye. "ndwom a ɔyɛ fɛw")[1] yɛ Japanfo tsetse ndwom bi a wɔdze dzii dwuma wɔ abakɔsɛm mu ma ahemfie ndwom na asaw ahorow. Wɔyɛɛ Gagaku dɛ Kyoto Ahemfie no ahemfie ndwom, na wɔdze ne su a ɔkame ayɛ dɛ ɔwɔ hɔ mprempren no sii hɔ wɔ Heian aber do (794–1185) bɛyɛ afeha a ɔtɔ do du (10).[2][3] Ndɛ, Amandzebɔ Bagua no na ɔyɛ wɔ Tokyo Ahemfie.
Wɔdze Buddhasom a ofi China na ɔdze gagaku nhwɛsodze no baa Japan. Afe 589 mu no, wɔsomaa Japan aban ananmusifo ma wɔkɔr China (wɔ Sui ahemman no mu) dɛ worukosua Chinafo amambra, a Chinafo ahemfie ndwom ka ho. Edur afeha a ɔtɔ do esuon (7) no, na koto (zither a ɔwɔ nhama duebaasa (13)) na biwa (sanku a ne kɔn yɛ tseaa) fi China aba Japan. Ndwom ahorow, a ebien yi ka ho, na wodzii kan bɔɔ gagaku.[4]
Mframa, nhoma na edwindadze a wɔzde bɔ ndwom yɛ ndzɛmba a no ho hia wɔ gagaku ndwom mu. Na woeyi edwindadze bi, tse dɛ Haishō, Gogen biwa, Kugo afi ndwontofo kuw no mu wɔ Heian aber do na wɔasan ayɛ no a ogyina nkrataa dadaw no do na edwindadze a ɔwɔ Shōsō-in wɔ Showa ber mu no nkae bi do.