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...The "uta" of the poets, poets, and poetesses of the Gagaku-ryo was divided into tachiuta and daiuta. Daiuta was a type of song used in ancient court ceremonies and festivals, and some were accompanied by dance. The date of its establishment is unknown, and it is thought that its predecessor was the "Uta-no-sho" that appears in the note of a waka poem from 736 (Tenpyo 8) in Volume 6 of the Manyoshu. However, the first appearance of the daiuta-sho was in the biography of Kosei Shoshu in the article for November 850, Kasho 3 (850), in the Montoku Jitsuroku, which states that Shoshu was good at playing the wakoto, and became the head of the daiuta-sho in 816 (Kōnin 7). The head was the person in charge of the office, and since Shoshu was said to have been a sixth-ranked betto at the time of his appointment, he was a sixth-ranked (chika) betto, and above him were betto of nobility (Chunagon or higher), and sometimes there was also a prince betto. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Katensho" are listed below.

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…雅楽寮の歌師･歌人･歌女の〈歌〉には，立歌（たちうた）と大歌の別があり，大歌とは古代宮廷の祭祀や節会に用いられた歌謡をいい，舞を伴うものもあった。成立年時は不明であり，《万葉集》巻六所収の736年(天平8)の和歌の詞書に見える〈歌儛所〉がその前身と考えられるが，《文徳実録》嘉祥3年(850)11月己卯条の興世書主の伝に，書主は和琴をよくしたので，816年(弘仁7)に大歌所別当になった，とあるのが大歌所の初見である。別当は所の統轄者で，書主は補任当時，六位であったというから，六位(地下)別当で，その上に公卿(中納言以上)別当がおり，時に親王別当もあったという。…

※「歌儛所」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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