地じ方かた

noun

person in charge of music (Japanese dance)

Refers to the musician or music director in traditional Japanese dance performances, distinct from the dancers (立方, たちかた).

See also: 立方 (たちかた)

• 日本にほん舞ぶ踊ようでは、地じ方かたが三味線しゃみせんや唄うたで舞ぶ台たいを支ささえる。

  In Japanese dance, the jikata supports the performance with shamisen and singing.

noun

ballad singer (noh)

In noh theater, the jikata are the seated chorus and musicians who sing the narrative ballads and provide instrumental accompaniment.

• 能のう楽がくでは、地じ方かたが謡うたいを担たん当とうし、物もの語がたりを語かたる。

  In noh, the jikata are responsible for the utai (chanting) and narrate the story.

noun

coast (as seen from the water); shore

Used especially from the perspective of someone on a boat or ship, looking toward the land. Less common than 海岸 (かいがん) in everyday speech.

• 船ふねから地じ方かたを眺ながめると、小ちいさな漁ぎょ村そんが見みえた。

  Looking at the coast from the boat, we could see a small fishing village.

noun

the country; countryside; rural area

Archaic term for rural areas or provinces, now largely replaced by 田舎 (いなか) or 地方 (ちほう). Found in historical texts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには、地じ方かたの暮くらしが詳くわしく記しるされている。

  Documents from the Edo period describe life in the countryside in detail.