“Yamatogaku” is a contemporary genre of Japanese traditional music that combines both Western and Japanese aesthetics. The style was developed from the ideas and efforts of Baron Kishichiro Okura to make Japanese traditional music more accessible to a rapidly-modernizing Japanese audience. This style of music, which was founded 90 years ago, pairs traditional instruments and female voices with Western vocal aesthetics and harmony to create a unique sound world which stands out among the traditional arts of Japan.