[History Lives - Baekje Edition] Episode 15: Mimaji Carries Dance Across the Sea — Gigaku and the Origin of Korea's Cultural Wave

1. This historical series reports that Baekje musician Mimaji traveled to Japan in 612, the 13th year of King Muwang's reign, and introduced gigaku, a silent masked drama.
2. Mimaji learned gigaku in the Wu region of the Southern Liang dynasty in China and taught boys in Sakurai; the record survives only in Japanese historical chronicles.
3. Gigaku masks preserved at the Shosoin and elsewhere, along with the musician figure of the Baekje Geumdong Daehyangno, show the international standard of Baekje music at the time.

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