Man'yōshū

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Japanese poetry anthology classical Japanese literature work waka poetry collection

Man'yōshū is Japan’s oldest and one of its most important anthologies of classical poetry, compiled in the 8th century and celebrated for its linguistic richness and diverse voices.

Aliases (1)

Manyōshū ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese poetry anthology → classical Japanese literature work → waka poetry collection →
approximateNumberOfPoems	4500 →
chiefCompiler	Ōtomo no Yakamochi →
compilationCentury	8th century →
compilationPeriod	Nara period →
contains	bussokusekika → chōka → sedōka → tanka →
containsPoemsBy	aristocrats → commoners → emperors → frontier guards → provincialOfficials → soldiers → women poets →
countryOfOrigin	Japan →
culturalStatus	one of Japan's most important poetry anthologies →
earliestPoemsDateFrom	late 7th century →
finalEditingCompleted	circa 759 →
genre	classical poetry → waka →
historicalSignificance	oldest extant anthology of Japanese poetry →
influenced	Kokin Wakashū → Shinkokin Wakashū →
knownFor	diversity of social voices → linguistic richness → preservation of Old Japanese vocabulary →
language	Old Japanese →
latestPoemsDateFrom	mid 8th century →
notablePoet	Kakinomoto no Hitomaro → Princess Nukata → Yamabe no Akahito → Yamanoue no Okura → Ōtomo no Tabito → Ōtomo no Yakamochi →
numberOfVolumes	20 →
script	Man'yōgana →
studiedInField	Japanese philology → classical Japanese literature studies → kokugaku →
theme	elegies → imperial court life → love → nature → seasonal observances → travel → war and frontier life →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Classical Japanese ("Manyōshū") →	hasCanonicalWork
Reiwa →	namedAfter