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歌
uta-sanshin (variety of Okinawan folk music)
singing and playing the sanshin; vocals and sanshin
歌沢節 was used especially by the Tora school that emphasized voice; 哥沢節 was used especially by the Shiba school that emphasized shamisen
slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
Card games
karuta gathering (for playing uta-garuta)
かるた会 only; Card games
competitive karuta association
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kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior
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poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439); Imperial collection of poetry
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katauta; ancient Japanese poetry form with three verses in a 5-7-7 moraic pattern
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haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)
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sawyer's song (a traditional woodcutters' work song)
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Waka Office; government office responsible for compiling imperially commissioned anthologies of waka poetry
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the thirty-six immortal poets (of the Heian period; as named by Fujiwara no Kintō)
Rare term
confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika)