あずまうた

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of あずまうた – see the following entry.
東歌
(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)
an 東遊び (azuma asobi, literally eastern entertainment) song
(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.)