あずまうた

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of あずまうた – see the following entry.

【東歌】 [noun] (poetry, historical) poems from the eastern regions of Japan, especially those in the titular fourteenth volume of the 万葉集 (Man'yōshū) or the twentieth volume of the 古今和歌集 (Kokin Wakashū) [noun] an 東遊び (azuma asobi, literally “eastern entertainment”) song [noun] (poetry) a Kantō-style 狂歌 (kyōka, “comical tanka”)

(This term, あずまうた (azumauta), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)