slow-paced shamisen music with vocals (late Edo period)
A genre of shamisen-accompanied vocal music popular in the late Edo period. The spelling 歌沢節 was favored by the Tora school (voice emphasis), while 哥沢節 was used by the Shiba school (shamisen emphasis).
See also: うた沢
Utazawa-bushi is a subdued style of shamisen music that was popular at the end of the Edo period.