あづまうた

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of あづまうた – see the following entry.
【東歌あずまうた】
[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, あづまうた (aduma uta), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)
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