狂きょう歌か

noun

comic tanka; satirical tanka

A 31-syllable Japanese poem in the tanka form, but with humorous, satirical, or parodic content. Often contrasted with serious tanka.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、狂きょう歌かが庶しょ民みんの間あいだで流りゅう行こうした。

  During the Edo period, comic tanka became popular among common people.

• 彼かれは政せい治じを風ふう刺しした狂きょう歌かを詠よんだ。

  He composed a satirical tanka mocking politics.