うた沢ざわ

noun

utazawa; slow-paced shamisen music with vocals

A genre of shamisen-accompanied vocal music that was popular during the late Edo period. The kanji spelling 歌沢 is associated with the Tora school (voice emphasis), while 哥沢 is associated with the Shiba school (shamisen emphasis).

• うた沢ざわは江え戸ど時じ代だい後こう期きに流りゅう行こうした音おん曲ぎょくの一いっ種しゅです。

  Utazawa is a type of vocal music that was popular during the late Edo period.

• 彼かの女じょは歌うた沢ざわの師し匠しょうに師し事じしている。

  She studies under a master of the Tora-school utazawa.