uta-kai

Updated: August 8, 2026

Further reference to the subject will be made hereafter. Here it will suffice to note that the composing of such verselets was a feature of every age in Japan. A favourite pastime during the early historic period was known as uta-gaki or uta-kai.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era