noun
bag for waka manuscript paper
Historical term for a bag used to hold paper for writing waka poems. Rare in modern usage.
See also: 和歌
昔の歌人は歌袋に和歌の下書きを入れていた。
Poets of old kept drafts of their waka poems in a utabukuro bag.
noun
vocal sac
Biological term for the expandable sac used by frogs and some other animals to amplify sound. Also written 鳴嚢.
カエルの歌袋がふくらむと、大きな鳴き声が出る。
When a frog's vocal sac expands, it produces a loud call.
noun
pen-name of Fujitani Mitsue
Historical pen-name used by the Edo-period scholar Fujitani Mitsue (1798–1824).
歌袋は、江戸時代の国学者、富士谷御杖の号の一つである。
Utabukuro was one of the pen-names of the Edo-period kokugaku scholar Fujitani Mitsue.