小唄
  こうた
  noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  ballad
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  小歌
  こうた
  noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  see: 大歌
  Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta)
  court lady singing a kouta
  see: 小唄
  see: 端唄
  ditty
  ballad
  short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi era to early Edo era
  kyogen kouta
  style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
  noh kouta
  unusual style of noh song based on the Muromachi songs
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