地方(じかた)

地方(じかた)とは、室町(むろまち)幕府(ばくふ)の職名(しょくめい)である。

"The region refers to a job title in the Muromachi shogunate." {person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance), person singing ballads (in noh), coast (esp. as seen from the water), shore, the country, countryside, the provinces, rural area}

江戸(えど)時代(じだい)には、農村(のうそん)のことを地方(じかた)と呼(よ)んでいました。

In the Edo period, they used to call rural areas "regions". {person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance), person singing ballads (in noh), coast (esp. as seen from the water), shore, the country, countryside, the provinces, rural area}

浄瑠璃(じょうるり)や三味線(しゃみせん)などの演奏(えんそう)者(しゃ)のことを地方(じかた)と言(い)うそうです。

It seems that performers of traditional Japanese music such as Joruri and Shamisen are referred to as "the provinces". {person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance), person singing ballads (in noh), coast (esp. as seen from the water), shore, the country, countryside, the provinces, rural area}

舞踊(ぶよう)をする人(ひと)を立方(たちかた)と言(い)うのに対(たい)し、音楽(おんがく)を担当(たんとう)する人(ひと)を地方(じかた)と言(い)った。

In contrast to calling the person who dances 'Taho,' the person in charge of music is called 'Chihou.' {person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance), person singing ballads (in noh), coast (esp. as seen from the water), shore, the country, countryside, the provinces, rural area}

日本(にほん)舞踊(ぶよう)の伴奏(ばんそう)音楽(おんがく)の演奏(えんそう)者(しゃ)である「地方(じかた)」になることが、僕(ぼく)の将来(しょうらい)の夢(ゆめ)である。

People who play accompaniment music in a Japanese dance called regional are my future dream. {person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance), person singing ballads (in noh), coast (esp. as seen from the water), shore, the country, countryside, the provinces, rural area}