The ozashiki songs belong to zokkyoku (popular melody) sung to samisen accompaniment, including nagauta (long epic songs), hauta (short love songs), kouta (ballads) and kamigata uta (songs from the Kyoto-Osaka area).
長唄・端唄・小唄・上方歌など、三味線の伴奏で歌われる俗曲。