達磨だるま歌うた

noun

confusing poem; incomprehensible song

A derogatory term for a style of medieval Japanese poetry, especially associated with Fujiwara no Teika, characterized by obscure or puzzling expression. Rare and historical.

• 「達磨だるま歌うた」は、藤ふじ原わら定家のていかの難なん解かいな歌か風ふうを揶や揄ゆした言こと葉ばだ。

  "Daruma-uta" is a term that mocked the abstruse poetic style of Fujiwara no Teika.