Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Azumauta

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Azumauta

東歌
alternative words: Azuma uta, Azumauta poem, Azumauta song
keywords: poesy
related topics: Nara period , Manyoshu , Kokinwakashu
related web sites: http://homepage1.nifty.com/k-kitagawa/ , http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~hm9k-ajm/musasino/musasinomannyousannpo/azumauta/azumauta.htm , http://www2.wind.ne.jp/mkawa/miyake.html
explanation: Poems created by inhabitants of eastern Japan during Nara period and before. The volume 14 of Manyoshu includes 230 Azumauta poems created unknown authors. Kokinshu includes also a dozen of Azumauta. They express the life of farmers in eastern Japan with a simplicity and dialects. Azumauta means "Songs of east".

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