About Jiuta
Jiuta is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of utaimono and early modern Japanese music.
From Wikipedia
Jiuta (地歌/地唄/ぢうた) is a style of traditional Japanese music. In the Edo period (1603–1867), pieces in the jiuta style were played on the shamisen, and were mostly regional to Kamigata. The name jiuta means 'song' (歌, uta) of 'a place' or 'a region' (地, ji) (Kamigata in this instance), and suggests "not a song from Edo".
In the Edo period, jiuta were performed, composed and instructed by the Tōdōza, a guild of blind men; due to this, jiuta is also called Houshiuta (法師唄, 'song of monks'). Jiuta, as well as nagauta, is a typical form of Utaimono (歌いもの, lyrical music) in traditional Japanese music.
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Parent genres (↑) and subgenres (↓) of Jiuta.
- ↑ utaimono
- ↑ early modern Japanese music
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What is Jiuta?
Jiuta is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of utaimono and early modern Japanese music.