歌か学がく

noun

study of Japanese poetry; poetics; versification

Refers to the academic or traditional study of waka and other Japanese poetic forms, including theory, history, and composition.

• 彼かれは大だい学がくで歌か学がくを専せん攻こうしている。

  He is majoring in the study of Japanese poetry at university.

• 歌か学がくの古こ典てんを読よむのは難むずかしいが面おも白しろい。

  Reading the classics of poetics is difficult but interesting.